# Lea County-Jal Airport (E26)

**Lea County-Jal Airport** (FAA: E26) is a small airport in Jal, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Oct 1953. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,704 ft (1,434 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke26

## At a glance

- FAA: E26
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Jal, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Oct 1953
- Elevation: 3,118 ft / 950 m
- Coordinates: 32.1311, -103.1550
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,704 ft / 1,434 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://leacounty.net/jalairport.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_County_Jal_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508184
- Weather station: KINK
- Ident: KE26

## Timeline

- Oct 1953: Lea County-Jal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 4,704 ft / 1,434 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 017° / 197° | yes |
| 09/27 | 2,604 ft / 794 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt | 101° / 281° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/09408AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,704 ft / 1,434 m | =7,587 of 29,858 | =2,866 in North America | =2,357 in US |
| Elevation | 3,118 ft / 950 m | #5,185 of 43,403 | #2,610 in North America | #2,026 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =2,731 in North America | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [INK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kink.md) Winkler County Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [HOB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khob.md) Lea County Regional Airport · 39 mi / 62 km
- [E11](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke11.md) Andrews County Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [MIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke01.md) Roy Hurd Memorial Airport · 41 mi / 65 km
- [5TA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ta0.md) Hamilton Aircraft, Inc Airport · 43 mi / 70 km
- [HBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nm83.md) Industrial Airpark · 44 mi / 71 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/ke26/data