Raton Municipal Airport (Crews Field) is 12 miles southwest of Raton, in

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for 2011–2015 called it a ''general aviation'' facility.

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served Raton with

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'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.Timetables from Continental, Trans Central, S. I. Airways, and Territorial Airlines

Facilities

Raton Municipal Airport covers 1,280

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s (518 ha) at an elevation of 6,352 feet (1,936 m). It has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 6,328 by 75 feet (1,929 x 23 m) and 7/25 is 4,404 by 75 feet (1,342 x 23 m). In the year ending April 30, 2010 the airport had 7,900 aircraft operations, average 21 per day: 85%

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, 10% military, and 5%

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. 20 aircraft were then based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 5%

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Accidents and incidents

On January 17, 2018, a Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter crashed shortly after take-off from Raton while on a flight to

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. Five of the six people on board were killed. The survivor was seriously injured.

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