Robert R Wells JR Airport
66R · Columbus, Texas · Colorado County · map
Robert R Wells JR Airport is a public-use airport owned by Colorado County, 3 miles south of Columbus, Texas, 242 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 66R
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Colorado County
- Elevation
- 242 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1981
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,800 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 305 ft, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 177 ft, trees 30 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. |
| 66R AWOS-3 | 123.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 979-732-2514.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Columbus from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbus, Texas: 7 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided runway is located to provide 20:1 slope over electric line or if the line is placed underground.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- County judge.
- Self service fuel.
- 4 feet fence 0-175 feet dstc, 85 feet R.
- 4 feet fence 0-120 feet dstc; 4 feet fence 85 feet L, 25 feet trees 140 feet dstc, 100 feet L.
- Approach ratio 0:1 at displaced threshold ovr 20 feet tree, O feet dstc, 120 feet R.
- Approach ratio 0:1 at displaced threshold ovr 20 feet tree 85 feet L.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.