| City: | Spaceport City, New Mexico |
| City Alias: | Spaceport Cty |
| Names to Avoid: | Spaceport America |
| County: | Sierra County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:25:16 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 575 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 32.9903, -106.9751 |
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Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport, operates under dedicated ZIP code 87654 in Sierra County, New Mexico. The USPS created this unique designation in June 2013 to serve the remote FAA-licensed facility. Located on 18,000 acres of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin, the spaceport sits 45 miles north of Las Cruces and 20 miles southeast of Truth or Consequences. It is owned and operated by the State of New Mexico through the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.
Virgin Galactic serves as the anchor tenant, holding a 20-year lease for the Gateway to Space terminal and horizontal launch facilities. In May 2021, Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity carried three people to space from this site, making New Mexico the third U.S. state to launch humans into space after California and Florida. The spaceport features a 12,000-foot runway, vertical launch complexes, and access to 6,000 square miles of restricted airspace. Other tenants include UP Aerospace and SpinLaunch.
No ZIP+4 delivery codes or Census population data exist for this remote location. Spaceport City is the valid mailing city for this unique designation.
ZIP Code 87654 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
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| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 87654 is located in Sierra County, New Mexico, within the Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA ). This area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 87654. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
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| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
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| Intro Date: | 2013-06Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
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We could not locate which school district 87654 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.