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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

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: 100LL avgas
Repairs: airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking: hangar, tiedown
On the chart: Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
Magnetic variation: 8E
In the FAA's files since: December 1966

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

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

Aircraft registered in Abilene from the FAA register

110 aircraft are registered to owners in Abilene, Texas: 88 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:

Rockhut Aviation LLC 3Jaju Aviation INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal

2016-03-01CEN16FA114 · Ohlgren Rv 6A N419B · accident · 2 killed

2015-12-10GAA16CA076 · Cessna 172 N9868Q · accident · minor injuries

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

Abilene Regional ABI · 3 nm southwest Albany Municipal T23 · 25 nm northeast Arledge Field F56 · 28 nm north Abilene Executive Airpark TX00 · 2 nm east · private Hendrick Medical Center Heliport TA38 · 4 nm west · private Portlock Airfield TX02 · 5 nm north · private Abilene Regional Medical Center Heliport 4TX1 · 7 nm southwest · private Flying B Ranch Airstrip Airport 35TX · 9 nm west · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.