Palo Duro Airport
1E4 · Amarillo, Texas · Randall County · map
Palo Duro Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Amarillo, Texas, 3,639 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,700 feet of grass and gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1E4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,639 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1981
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,700 × 50 ft | Grass and gravel, poor |
- Runway 17: pline on the approach
- Runway 35: fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Amarillo from the FAA register
338 aircraft are registered to owners in Amarillo, Texas: 218 piston singles, 43 business jets, 26 turboprops, 17 piston twins, 17 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport hazardous for transients; runway not marked or defined; 63 feet marked/lighted transmission line air carriers runway 17 end.
- Soft when wet on south end; loose gravel on runway, vegetation on runway.
- Airport fenced, gates locked, no aces.
- Runway not suitable for aircraft.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.