Salado Airport
2TX · Salado, Texas · Bell County · map
Salado Airport is a public-use airport owned by Salado Airport LLC, 2 miles south of Salado, Texas, 685 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,254 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Salado Airport?
Its FAA code is 2TX.
Where is Salado Airport?
It is 2 miles south of Salado, Texas, 685 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Salado Airport?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,254 feet long, asphalt.
Does Salado Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Salado Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Central Texas College. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Salado Airport?
10 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Salado Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2TX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Salado Airport LLC
- Elevation
- 685 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,254 × 40 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 02: power line 10 ft high 338 ft from the end
- Runway 20: trees 10 ft high 210 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Skylark Field (12 nm northwest), Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional (15 nm northeast), Georgetown Executive (16 nm southwest), Robert Gray Army Airfield (17 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Skylark Field (12 nm northwest), Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional (15 nm northeast), Georgetown Executive (16 nm southwest), Taylor Municipal (22 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR only
- 30 feet trees, 30 feet dstc; 10 feet road, 40 feet dstc.
- 5 feet trees, 35 feet dstc, 120 feet R.
- Two antennas 150 feet above ground level and 250 above ground level, 1/2 to 3/4 mile northeast of approach end runway 20.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Salado from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Salado, Texas: 15 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 glider, 1 business jet. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Central Texas College 11 aircraft · Killeen, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor; 9 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 11 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 training center examiners.
- Austin Roger Bowman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Temple, TX (15 nm) · (254) 500-7009 · [email protected]
- James Briggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Georgetown, TX (16 nm) · (303) 870-7852 · [email protected]
- Jon Wells private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Georgetown executive airport · Georgetown, TX (16 nm) · (336) 447-8390 · [email protected]
- Tristan T Walling private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aerotex Aviation · Georgetown, TX (16 nm) · (317) 418-2194 · [email protected]
- Gregory Kling Squires private pilot, commercial and instrument, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Breakaway Airport (40XS) · Cedar Park, TX (29 nm) · (914) 525-9431 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Quillen private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Henriksen Jet Center · Pflugerville, TX (29 nm) · (512) 750-6287 · [email protected]
- John Calvin Foster private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · JAG Aviation · McGregor, TX (33 nm) · (254) 717-2598 · [email protected]
- Steven B Bush private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, military competency; helicopters · Lone Star Helicopters Inc · Lago Vista, TX (34 nm) · (512) 963-5363 · [email protected]
All 47 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Salado 20 aircraft · 15 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 gliders
- Central Texas College 11 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2TX.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.