# Whitewater Mesa Ranch Airport (NM55)

**Whitewater Mesa Ranch Airport** (FAA: NM55) is a small airport in Glenwood, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Jun 1987. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,300 ft (701 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nm55

## At a glance

- FAA: NM55
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Glenwood, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Jun 1987
- Elevation: 5,460 ft / 1,664 m
- Coordinates: 33.3636, -108.8619
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,300 ft / 701 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49751856
- Ident: NM55

## Timeline

- Jun 1987: Whitewater Mesa Ranch Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,300 ft / 701 m | 30 ft / 9 m | Grass |  |  |
| 09/27 | 1,850 ft / 564 m | 30 ft / 9 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,300 ft / 701 m | =22,074 of 29,858 | =10,266 in North America | =8,909 in US |
| Elevation | 5,460 ft / 1,664 m | =1,504 of 43,403 | =767 in North America | =572 in US |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =6,972 in North America | =6,861 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [E94](https://dromopedia.com/airports/e94.md) Glenwood Airport · 0.8 mi / 1.3 km
- [NM16](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3482.md) Sacaton Landing Strip · 16 mi / 26 km
- [NM54](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4851.md) Rainy Mesa Airstrip · 19 mi / 30 km
- [0NM7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0nm7.md) Negrito Airstrip · 22 mi / 35 km
- [T16](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kt16.md) Reserve Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [US-3481](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3481.md) Gila Airport · 33 mi / 53 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))
- [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/nm55/data