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Lea County-Jal Airport

32.13110°N
-103.15500°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KINK, 24 mi away (KE26 does not publish METAR)

58m ago
Temp
99°F
Wind
9 kts
130°
Visib
0 m
Ceil
KINK 271853Z AUTO 13009KT 37/16 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP085 T03720161 TSNO $

Runway intelligence

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

27
84% of ops
174 land · 0 TO
19
10% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
09
5% of ops
10 land · 17 TO
01
1% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 27 carries 84% of operations (174 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 10%.

Approach quality

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

27 174 landings
UA 0%
19 20 landings
UA 0%
09 10 landings
UA 0%
01 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 174 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
4.7
flights/day · 140 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 4.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (4.4 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (61% of 140 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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