Taurus Mesa Airport
4TE4 · Alpine, Texas · Brewster County · map
Taurus Mesa Airport is a private airport, 48 miles south of Alpine, Texas, 3,576 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17R/35L, is 4,900 feet of dirt.
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 4TE4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,576 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
- April 1973
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17R/35L | 4,900 × 75 ft | Dirt | |
| 17L/35R | 3,600 × 60 ft | Dirt | |
| 08/26 | 3,200 × 75 ft | Dirt |
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 (21 nm south), Presidio Lely International (36 nm west), Alpine-Casparis Municipal (46 nm north), Marfa Municipal (48 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lajitas International (21 nm south), Presidio Lely International (36 nm west), Alpine-Casparis Municipal (46 nm north), Marfa Municipal (48 nm north).
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
- And various property owners
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Alpine from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Alpine, Texas: 22 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 gyroplane. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Alpine:
- Woodward Aviation LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
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.
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 Alpine 30 aircraft · 22 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Woodward Aviation LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Rock Nh Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 9Th Moon Enterprises LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Woodward Aviation LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- 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/4TE4.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.