Heath Canyon Airport
1XS7 · Terlingua, Texas · Brewster County · map
Heath Canyon Airport is a private airport owned by Ei Dupont de Nemours & CO, 43 miles northeast of Terlingua, Texas, 1,857 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,500 feet of asphalt.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1XS7
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ei Dupont de Nemours & CO
- Elevation
- 1,857 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,500 × 30 ft | Asphalt |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Terlingua from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Terlingua, Texas: 11 piston singles, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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
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.