Vultures Row Airport
6X8 · Sanger, Texas · Denton County · map
Vultures Row Airport is a public-use airport, 7 miles east of Sanger, Texas, 710 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,700 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Vultures Row Airport?
Its FAA code is 6X8.
Where is Vultures Row Airport?
It is 7 miles east of Sanger, Texas, 710 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Vultures Row Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,700 feet long, grass.
Does Vultures Row Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Vultures Row Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: US Aviation Group LLC and Concho Valley Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Vultures Row Airport?
32 pilot examiners and 39 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6X8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 710 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,700 × 50 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: tree 35 ft high 16 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 30 ft high 13 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Denton Enterprise Airport (10 nm southwest), Gainesville Municipal (19 nm north), Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance Airport (24 nm southwest), Decatur Municipal (25 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Denton Enterprise Airport (10 nm southwest), Aero Valley Airport (19 nm south), Gainesville Municipal (19 nm north), Aero Country Airport (20 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 clear 20:1 approach; move orange balls in the power lines to the center of the approach; mount red lights to the poles on each side of the approach.
- Runway 18 +37 feet powerlines marked 110 feet from threshold xng centerline.
- Runway width mowed 15 feet wide drg hay season.
- Helicopter operations prohibited.
- No student pilots.
- Do not overfly house drctly north of runway.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sanger from the FAA register
102 aircraft are registered to owners in Sanger, Texas: 98 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter, 1 electric aircraft. 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
Fuel and service companies in Sanger, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- US Aviation Group LLC 3 aircraft · Denton, 11 miles away US Aviation Academy is a FAA Part 141/Part 61 approved flight school offering pilot training from private pilot to airline transport pilot certification, as well as FAA Part 147 aircraft mechanic (A&P) and aircraft dispatcher training.
- Concho Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Denton, 11 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
32 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 32 for private pilot, 32 for commercial and instrument, 23 for airline transport pilot, 27 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 27 for airplanes, 22 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 6 sport aviation examiners, 39 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 9 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 17 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 22 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 105 training center evaluators, 151 aircrew program designees, 8 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Christopher Charles Webb private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Denton, TX (10 nm) · (469) 601-5695 · [email protected]
- Dale Williamson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Hangar 10 Flying Museum · Denton, TX (10 nm) · (817) 657-4726 · [email protected]
- James Harry Lightfoot private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Denton, TX (10 nm) · (817) 721-0091 · [email protected]
- Patrick Edward Cannon private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Lewisville, TX (16 nm) · (214) 649-2286 · [email protected]
- Brandon Ayers private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Ayers Aviation llc · Gainesville, TX (19 nm) · (940) 782-8062 · [email protected]
- John Stephen Bradley private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Celina, TX (19 nm) · (214) 616-4948 · [email protected]
- Victor Erik Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northlake, TX (19 nm) · (817) 713-2334 · [email protected]
- Juan Rivera private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lewisville, TX (20 nm) · (806) 773-7859 · [email protected]
All 408 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 Sanger 102 aircraft · 98 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Horst Commercial Ventures LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Spencer Aviation Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Spencer Aviation Services LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- US Aviation Group LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Concho Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 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/6X8.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.