KRTN
Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
MVFR
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Name
Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KRTN / RTN / KRTN
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- Region
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Timezone
8:21 am (MST)
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Municipality
Raton
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Coordinates
36° 44′ 29″ N 104° 30′ 7″ E
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Elevation
6’352 ft (1’936 m MSL)
About Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
Raton Municipal Airport (IATA: RTN, ICAO: KRTN, FAA LID: RTN) (Crews Field) is 12 miles southwest of Raton, in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.
Continental Airlines served Raton with Douglas DC-3's for about four years starting in 1949-50. Raton was one of several stops on their flights between Denver, Albuquerque and El Paso. Commuter carriers have also served Raton; Trans Central Airlines in 1969/1970 had a similar route to Continental's, S.I. Airways operated commuter flights to Denver and Amarillo in 1973 and 1974, and Territorial Airlines flew to Albuquerque via Las Vegas, NM, in 1990.