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 gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Navasota Municipal (15 nm north), Brenham Municipal (16 nm west), Houston Executive (21 nm southeast), West Houston Airport (28 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Navasota Municipal (15 nm north), Brenham Municipal (16 nm west), Houston Executive (21 nm southeast), Dan Jones International (22 nm east).
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
- +4' fence 100' west of runway 35 centerline from threshold; 1650' north violates primary surface.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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:
- Soaring Club of Houston INC 11 aircraft · Waller, 10 miles away
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this gliderport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hempstead 4 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Soaring Club of Houston INC 11 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,056 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 29,943 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/35TS.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 29, 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.