Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport

Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport
IATA: TCS – ICAO: KTCS – FAA LID: TCS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	City of Truth or Consequences
Location	Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL	4,853 ft / 1,479 m
Coordinates	33°14′13″N 107°16′18″W / 33.23694°N 107.27167°WCoordinates: 33°14′13″N 107°16′18″W / 33.23694°N 107.27167°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 7,200 2,195 Asphalt 11/29 7,000 2,134 Dirt 1/19 3,250 991 Dirt 15/33 3,200 975 Dirt 7/25 2,900 884 Dirt

Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (IATA: TCS, ICAO: KTCS, FAA LID: TCS) is a public-use airport located six miles (10 km) north of Truth or Consequences, a city in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. This general aviation airport is publicly owned by the city of Truth or Consequences. It has 5 runways, one of which is paved. The paved runway (13/31) is used the majority of the time. The airport saw scheduled airline service in the early 1950s when Continental Airlines landed its DC-3's here as one of several stops made along their original route from Denver to El Paso.^[1] Zia Airlines flights from Albuquerque to Las Cruces in the mid 1970s would stop at the airport upon request.^[2]

References

• FAA Airport Master Record for TCS (Form 5010 PDF)

1. Continental Airlines November 1, 1951 and July 15, 1954 timetables
2. Zia Airlines timetables from Nov. 1, 1974, Feb. 1, 1975, and May 1, 1975

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for TCS
  • AirNav airport information for KTCS
  • ASN accident history for TCS
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures