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
IATA: none ICAO: KRQE FAA LID: RQE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Navajo Nation
Serves	Window Rock, Arizona
Elevation AMSL	6,742 ft / 2,055 m
Coordinates	35°39′07″N 109°04′03″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 5,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

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 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 75 feet (2,134 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending April 14, 2011, the airport had 5,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day.[1]

References

External links

• Window Rock Airport (RQE) at Arizona DOT airport directory
• Window Rock Airport at Navajo Air Transportation Department
• Aerial image as of 25 June 1997 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for RQE
  • AirNav airport information for KRQE
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures