PLT CONSULTED ABQ SECTIONAL CHART PRIOR TO LNDG AT Q14. ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 34 THE PLT NOTICED A WHITE 'X' AND WENT AROUND. AFTER LNDG ON RWY 16 THE PLT MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH ABQ FSS WHO ADVISED THE ARPT WAS OPEN BUT TO CONSULT THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY STATES ESPANOLA ARPT (Q14) IS CLOSED INDEFINITELY. HOWEVER; THE NARRATIVE THEN STATES 'USE OF RWY 16 IS ENCOURAGED IF WINDS PERMIT.' ARPT MGR STATED ARPT IS OPEN.

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OVER ESPANOLA; NM; DURING AN AERIAL MAPPING MISSION; CLOUDS COVERED THE JOB SITE CASTING SHADOWS ON THE PROJECT AREA. 2 NM N OF THE PROJECT AREA WAS Q14 ARPT. DECIDED TO LAND Q14. CHKED ABQ SECTIONAL FOR LENGTH; ELEVATION AND FREQ INFO. ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 34; I NOTED 'CLOSED' PAINTED IN WHITE ON THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND EXECUTED A GAR. I CHKED THE CHART AGAIN TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISREAD THE ARPT SYMBOL. I VISUALLY CHKED THE RWY FOR STANDARD X TO INDICATE RWY CLOSED AND DID NOT SEE ANY. LANDED RWY 16. CALLED ABQ FSS FROM GND FOR NOTAM OF RWY CLOSURE -- NONE FOUND. BRIEFER ASKED IF I HAD CHKED ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. I HAD NOT. ARPT NOTED 'RPTED CLOSED INDEFINITELY' IN ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. RWY IN MARGINAL CONDITION; BUT NOT UNSAFE FOR ACFT TYPE. NEXT TIME WILL CHK ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY BEFORE LNDG -- ARPT SYMBOL ON CHART (ABQ SECTIONAL) COULD BE CHANGED. AFTER RETURNING TO ABQ; CALLED AGENT AT ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. HE RPTED THE ARPT 'NOT ACTUALLY CLOSED;' AND THE WHITE 'CLOSED' PAINTED ON THE DISPLAYED THRESHOLD AS BEING PAINTED THERE BY 'LCL PLTS.' CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CALLBACK TO PLT INDICATED CONFLICT BTWN ABQ SECTIONAL; ABQ FSS AND ARPT MGR. FURTHER; THE ARPT IS LOCATED ON INDIAN LANDS AND THE MARKING 'CLOSED' HAD BEEN APPLIED BY LCL PLTS IN WHITE PAINT; RATHER THAN THE STANDARD 'X.' THE RPTING ACFT WAS A CESSNA 206.