Chinle Municipal Airport

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Chinle Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: E91
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		The Navajo Nation
Serves		Chinle, Arizona
Elevation AMSL		5,547 ft / 1,691 m
Coordinates		36°06′39″N 109°34′32″W / 36.11083, -109.57556
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	6,900	2,103	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			7,800
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Chinle Municipal Airport (FAA LID: E91), also referred to as Chinle Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Chinle, in Apache County, Arizona, United States.^[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 131 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 2,059 enplanements (all unscheduled) in 2006.^[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Chinle is a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year).^[3]

This is one of six airports owned by the Navajo Nation; the other five being Kayenta Airport (0V7), Tuba City Airport (T03) and Window Rock Airport (RQE) in Arizona, plus Crownpoint Airport (0E8) and Shiprock Airport (5V5) in New Mexico.^[4]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Chinle Municipal Airport covers an area of 357 acres (144 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 18/36 and measuring 6,900 x 60 ft. (2,103 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2005, the airport had 7,800 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 74% air taxi and 26% general aviation.^[1]