Hempstead
35TS · Hempstead, Texas · Waller County · map
Hempstead is a private gliderport owned by Hempstead Airport INC, 2 miles north of Hempstead, Texas, 260 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,055 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 35TS
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Hempstead Airport INC
- Elevation
- 260 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,055 × 50 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, fence on the approach
- Runway 35: fence on the approach
Aircraft registered in Hempstead from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Hempstead, Texas: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this gliderport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- +4' fence 100' west of runway 35 centerline from threshold; 1650' north violates primary surface.
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.