Elmdale Airpark
82TS · Abilene, Texas · Taylor County · map
Elmdale Airpark is a private airport owned by Elmdale Airpark INC, 5 miles east of Abilene, Texas, 1,775 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 3,270 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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 82TS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Elmdale Airpark INC
- Elevation
- 1,775 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1966
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,270 × 50 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 17/35 | 2,950 × 30 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ant 80 ft high 1,817 ft from the end
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern, road 30 ft high 455 ft from the end
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 180 ft, ant 80 ft high 1,985 ft from the end
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, road 30 ft high 520 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Abilene Regional (3 nm southwest), Albany Municipal (25 nm northeast), Gregory M Simmons Memorial (32 nm east), Avenger Field (41 nm west).
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
- Rotating beacon out of service indefinitely.
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.8.
- STRAIGHT-IN approaches not recommended.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 and wind sock - 122.8.
- Low-intensity runway lights out of service indefinitely.
- Displaced thld unmkd.
- Runway 18/36 thlds marked with 3 feet white steel plates.
- Approach slope 27:1 to displaced thld from 80 feet ant 2165 feet from thld 20 feet L.
- Paew on airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Abilene from the FAA register
109 aircraft are registered to owners in Abilene, Texas: 87 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 4 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 drones. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Macav Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Abilene, 3 miles away
Repair stations in Abilene:
- Eagle Aviation Services INC
- Freeman Holdings of West Texas, LLC Freeman Jet Center is an FBO and repair station based in Abilene, Texas, operating since 1968.
- Sturgill Turbine Service INC
- Texas Aerospace Services INC
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 · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Abilene 109 aircraft · 87 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 4 business jets
- Rockhut Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Jaju Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Macav Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Eagle Aviation Services INC · repair station
- Freeman Holdings of West Texas, LLC · repair station
- Sturgill Turbine Service INC · repair station
- Texas Aerospace Services INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 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 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/82TS.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 28, 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.