# Lea County-Zip Franklin Memorial Airport (E06)

**Lea County-Zip Franklin Memorial Airport** (FAA: E06) is a small airport in Lovington, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Mar 1957. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,001 ft (1,829 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke06

## At a glance

- FAA: E06
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lovington, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Mar 1957
- Elevation: 3,979 ft / 1,213 m
- Coordinates: 32.9525, -103.4099
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,001 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.leacounty.net/lovingtonairport.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_County%E2%80%93Zip_Franklin_Memorial_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508181
- Weather station: KHBB
- Ident: KE06

## Timeline

- Mar 1957: Lea County-Zip Franklin Memorial Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 6,001 ft / 1,829 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 12/30 | 4,409 ft / 1,344 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06951AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,001 ft / 1,829 m | =4,583 of 29,858 | =1,284 in North America | =1,012 in US |
| Elevation | 3,979 ft / 1,213 m | #3,560 of 43,403 | #1,902 in North America | #1,505 in US |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =2,902 in North America | =2,831 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | FORT WORTH CNTR | 133.100 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [HBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nm83.md) Industrial Airpark · 17 mi / 28 km
- [HOB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khob.md) Lea County Regional Airport · 21 mi / 35 km
- [18T](https://dromopedia.com/airports/e07.md) Tatum Airport · 23 mi / 36 km
- [1TA5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ta5.md) Two Leggs Airport · 24 mi / 38 km
- [US-5424](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5424.md) Epperson Pumping Station Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [5TA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ta0.md) Hamilton Aircraft, Inc Airport · 31 mi / 50 km

## 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/ke06/data