Spicewood Airport
88R · Spicewood, Texas · Burnet County · map
Spicewood Airport is a public-use airport owned by Spicewood Airport and Pilots Assn, 2 miles east of Spicewood, Texas, 830 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,185 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Spicewood Airport?
Its FAA code is 88R.
Where is Spicewood Airport?
It is 2 miles east of Spicewood, Texas, 830 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Spicewood Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,185 feet long, asphalt.
Does Spicewood Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Spicewood Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Spicewood Airport?
11 pilot examiners and 19 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Spicewood Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 88R
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Spicewood Airport and Pilots Assn
- Elevation
- 830 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,185 × 38 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 464 ft, tree 30 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 35: trees 12 ft high 230 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport (13 nm west), Burnet Muni/Kate Craddock Field (17 nm north), Georgetown Executive (26 nm northeast).
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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 25 feet trees 0-199 feet dstc air carriers approach.
- 10 feet rising trrn 35-125 feet left of centerline at threshold.
- Obstruction clearance slope 10:1 T0 displaced thld ovr 26 feet building, 270 feet dstc, 113 feet R.
- Airport closed at night except for helicopter, medical evacuation and military flights.
- Airport closed to jet and turbo jet aircraft, except for very light jets.
- Airport closed to tgl, ultralights and hang gliders.
- No line of sight between runway ends.
- Runway 17 - calm wind runway
- Rotorcraft remain above 500 above ground level north of runway 17 to avoid residential area.
- Rotorcraft practice and autorotation prohibited.
- Rotorcraft arrival and departure fly dctly to and from parking to avoid unnec LOW-LEVEL txg.
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 Spicewood from the FAA register
64 aircraft are registered to owners in Spicewood, Texas: 54 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 1 drone. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 19 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 4 training center examiners.
- Jon Wells private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Meadowlakes, TX (8 nm) · (336) 447-8390 · [email protected]
- Steven B Bush private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, military competency; helicopters · Lone Star Helicopters Inc · Lago Vista, TX (8 nm) · (512) 963-5363 · [email protected]
- Gregory Kling Squires private pilot, commercial and instrument, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Breakaway Airport (40XS) · Cedar Park, TX (15 nm) · (914) 525-9431 · [email protected]
- James Briggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Georgetown, TX (26 nm) · (303) 870-7852 · [email protected]
- Tristan T Walling private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aerotex Aviation · Georgetown, TX (26 nm) · (317) 418-2194 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Quillen private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Henriksen Jet Center · Pflugerville, TX (27 nm) · (512) 750-6287 · [email protected]
- Patrick Lyndon Nugent private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Stonewall, TX (30 nm) · (512) 484-9213 · [email protected]
- Brian David Childs private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Coast Flight · San Marcos, TX (37 nm) · (956) 247-9464 · [email protected]
All 50 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 14 since 1982, 2 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 Spicewood 64 aircraft · 54 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 turboprops
- Av8Me LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Nspace LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Hill Country Jet Partners LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/88R.json.
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 27, 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.