# Roswell Air Center Airport (ROW / KROW)

**Roswell Air Center Airport** (IATA: ROW, ICAO: KROW) is a medium airport in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Oct 1967. It has 2 runways; the longest is 13,000 ft (3,962 m). In 2025 it handled 91 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ROW / KROW
- FAA: ROW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Roswell, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Oct 1967
- Elevation: 3,671 ft / 1,119 m
- Coordinates: 33.3016, -104.5310
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 2
- Longest runway: 13,000 ft / 3,962 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 90,714 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_International_Air_Center (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3536484
- Weather station: KROW · WMO 72268
- Ident: KROW

## Timeline

- Oct 1967: Roswell Air Center Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 13,000 ft / 3,962 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 17/35 | 10,008 ft / 3,050 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- Also 2 helipads.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00354AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 71,243 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 88,585 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 109,899 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 112,743 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 120,149 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 47,491 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 89,657 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 110,502 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 89,612 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 96,402 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 90,714 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 434 mi / 699 km · American Eagle
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 453 mi / 729 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ROW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 91K (2025) | #1,850 of 3,974 | #413 in North America | #278 in US |
| Longest runway | 13,000 ft / 3,962 m | =160 of 29,858 | =43 in North America | =35 in US |
| Elevation | 3,671 ft / 1,119 m | =4,076 of 43,403 | =2,151 in North America | =1,692 in US |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =4,072 in North America | =3,985 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 119.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.450 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 132.875 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 122.450 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [RUI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrr.md) Sierra Blanca Regional Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [CNM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcnm.md) Cavern City Air Terminal · 68 mi / 110 km
- [HOB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khob.md) Lea County Regional Airport · 87 mi / 140 km
- [ALM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalm.md) Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport · 91 mi / 146 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Roswell International Air Center”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roswell_International_Air_Center&oldid=1375616908), revision of 18 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/krow/data