Window Rock Airport (ICAO: KRQE, FAA LID: RQE, formerly P34) is a public use airport located 1.15 miles (1.00 nmi; 1.85 km) south of the central business district of Window Rock, in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is owned by the Navajo Nation.[1]

Window Rock Airport

Tségháhoodzáníidi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi (Navajo)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNavajo Nation
ServesWindow Rock, Arizona
Elevation AMSL6,742 ft / 2,055 m
Coordinates35°39′07″N 109°04′03″W / 35.65194°N 109.06750°W / 35.65194; -109.06750
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 5/6/2022)750

This is one of six airports owned by the Navajo Nation; the other five being Chinle Airport (E91), Kayenta Airport (0V7) and Tuba City Airport (T03) in Arizona, plus Crownpoint Airport (0E8) and Shiprock Airport (5V5) in New Mexico.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RQE by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3] Prior to December 1998, its FAA identifier was P34.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

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Window Rock Airport covers an area of 88 acres (36 ha) at an elevation of 6,742 feet (2,055 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 75 feet (2,134 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending May 6, 2022, the airport had 750 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 62 per month.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RQE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Navajo Nation, Air Transportation Department". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Window Rock, Arizona (ICAO: KRQE, FAA: RQE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Notice of airport identifier changes". AOPA Online. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
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