C Fulcher Ranch Airport
3TE8 · Terlingua /Alpine/, Texas · Brewster County · map
C Fulcher Ranch Airport is a private airport, 2 miles east of Terlingua /Alpine/, Texas, 2,717 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,600 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3TE8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,717 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,600 × 120 ft | Gravel |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lajitas International (6 nm southwest), Presidio Lely International (45 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lajitas International (6 nm southwest), Presidio Lely International (45 nm northwest).
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
- Runway 13/31--SEVERE erosion south end of runway.
- Northeast side of runway is also public road.
- Road and +4 feet fence at thld.
- +5 feet brush at thld.
- Not recommended for tricycle gear aircraft with low prop clearance due to loose gravel on runway. Recommended landing north and takeoff south due to large hill at north end of runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Terlingua /Alpine/ from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Terlingua /Alpine/, TX as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,064 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 29,966 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3TE8.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 November 6, 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.