# Taos Regional Airport (TSM / KSKX)

**Taos Regional Airport** (IATA: TSM, ICAO: KSKX) is a medium airport in Taos, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Mar 1967. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,600 ft (2,621 m). In 2024 it handled 10 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TSM / KSKX
- FAA: SKX
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Taos, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Mar 1967
- Elevation: 7,095 ft / 2,162 m
- Coordinates: 36.4525, -105.6775
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,600 ft / 2,621 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 10,431 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.taosairport.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taos_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6435175
- Weather station: KSKX
- Ident: KSKX

## Timeline

- Mar 1967: Taos Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 8,600 ft / 2,621 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 137° / 317° | yes |
| 04/22 | 5,504 ft / 1,678 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 056° / 236° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05863AD.PDF

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from TSM, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (5)

- [BJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbjc.md) Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · United States · 240 mi / 387 km · 315 passengers · Korea Express Air
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 242 mi / 389 km · 816 passengers · Contour Airlines
- [DAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdal.md) Dallas Love Field · United States · 560 mi / 901 km · 2,208 passengers · Korea Express Air
- [CLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrq.md) McClellan-Palomar Airport · United States · 697 mi / 1,121 km · 1,431 passengers · Korea Express Air
- [BUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbur.md) Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · United States · 731 mi / 1,176 km · 1,578 passengers · Korea Express Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- XE [Korea Express Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/korea-express-air) · 4
- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 10K (2024) | #2,672 of 3,974 | #650 in North America | #455 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,600 ft / 2,621 m | =2,021 of 29,858 | =449 in North America | =333 in US |
| Elevation | 7,095 ft / 2,162 m | #493 of 43,403 | #223 in North America | #156 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 132.975 |
| RDO | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 122.250 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [SAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksaf.md) Santa Fe Municipal Airport · 62 mi / 100 km
- [LVS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klvs.md) Las Vegas Municipal Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [ALS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kals.md) San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field · 69 mi / 111 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #78

## 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)
- [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/kskx/data