# Artesia Municipal Airport (ATS / KATS)

**Artesia Municipal Airport** (IATA: ATS, ICAO: KATS) is a small airport in Artesia, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Nov 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,800 ft (2,073 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kats

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ATS / KATS
- FAA: ATS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Artesia, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Nov 1944
- Elevation: 3,545 ft / 1,080 m
- Coordinates: 32.8525, -104.4680
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,800 ft / 2,073 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artesia_Municipal_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901589
- Weather station: KATS
- Ident: KATS

## Timeline

- Nov 1944: Artesia Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 6,800 ft / 2,073 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 13/31 | 6,132 ft / 1,869 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,800 ft / 2,073 m | =3,685 of 29,858 | =906 in North America | =690 in US |
| Elevation | 3,545 ft / 1,080 m | #4,282 of 43,403 | #2,245 in North America | #1,758 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ROSWELL APP/DEP | 119.600 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 126.725 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kats/data