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KE26 ·

Lea County-Jal Airport

32.13110°N
-103.15500°W
ARR / DAY
3
29.4%
DEP / DAY
4
52.9%

Lea County-Jal Airport (KE26) is a small general aviation airport located in Jal, NM, 50 mi north west of Odessa. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,704 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

27
78% of ops
162 land · 0 TO
19
11% of ops
22 land · 0 TO
09
9% of ops
19 land · 22 TO
01
2% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 27 carries 78% of operations (162 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 11%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

27 162 landings
UA 0%
19 22 landings
UA 0%
09 19 landings
UA 0%
01 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 162 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
5.6
flights/day · 167 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
87%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (5.5 vs 5.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (68% of 165 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Elevation:
3,118 ft
Mag var:
9° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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