Gould Strip
46TA · Cotulla, Texas · La Salle County · map
Gould Strip is a private airport owned by Herradura Ranch, 32 miles southeast of Cotulla, Texas, 287 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,000 feet of grass.
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 46TA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Herradura Ranch
- Elevation
- 287 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 01: threshold displaced 500 ft, pline on the approach
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 350 ft, power line 23 ft high 100 ft from the end
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: Cotulla-La Salle County (27 nm northwest), Live Oak County (42 nm east), MC Kinley Field (44 nm north), Jim Hogg County (47 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cotulla-La Salle County (27 nm northwest), Live Oak County (42 nm east), Laredo International (47 nm southwest), Alice International (50 nm southeast).
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
- Provided personal use only; any powerlines crossing Strip are removed or buried; and powerlines at ends of Strip are removed; buried or thresholds are displaced to provide a 20:1 approach slope.
- Personal use.
- Cattle and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High brush along runway can make strong X-WIND turbulance.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cotulla from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Cotulla, Texas: 11 helicopters, 5 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
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 Cotulla 18 aircraft · 11 helicopters, 5 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- Smith Helicopters INC 9 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,065 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 29,956 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/46TA.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 3, 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.