Wings For Christ International Flt Academy
73F · Waco, Texas · Mc Lennan County · map
Wings For Christ International Flt Academy is a public-use airport, 8 miles northeast of Waco, Texas, 455 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,000 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 73F
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 455 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,000 × 80 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 315 ft, fence on the approach
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 70 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Waco from the FAA register
149 aircraft are registered to owners in Waco, Texas: 107 piston singles, 11 business jets, 10 turboprops, 10 piston twins, 7 helicopters. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Traffic patterns and comms agreements compatible with james connally airport.
- 4 feet fence along both sides of runway 70 feet from centerline south half of runway.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach slope 0:1 to splcd thld ovr 5 feet fence, 0 feet dstc. 25:1 ovr 25 feet road, 640 feet dstc.
- Runway 34 40 feet trees 90 feet from threshold.
- Airport inside class D airspace. Contact tstc tower 124.0.
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.