Soaring Club Of Houston
89TA · Waller, Texas · Waller County · map
Soaring Club Of Houston is a private gliderport owned by Soaring Club of Houston, 12 miles southwest of Waller, Texas, 308 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 89TA
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Soaring Club of Houston
- Elevation
- 308 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1996
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,200 × 500 ft | Grass |
- Runway 35: trees on the approach
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this gliderport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Navasota Municipal (13 nm northwest), Brenham Municipal (21 nm west), David Wayne Hooks Memorial (23 nm east), Houston Executive (24 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Navasota Municipal (13 nm northwest), Dan Jones International (18 nm southeast), Brenham Municipal (21 nm west), David Wayne Hooks Memorial (23 nm east).
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 all traffic pattern operations are rstrd to west side of runway.
- Frequency 123.3 used at airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Waller from the FAA register
120 aircraft are registered to owners in Waller, Texas: 88 piston singles, 12 gliders, 7 helicopters, 6 business jets, 4 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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:
- Soaring Club of Houston INC 11 aircraft · Waller, 9 miles away
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, 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 gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 7 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 gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Waller 120 aircraft · 88 piston singles, 12 gliders, 7 helicopters
- Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience 12 aircraft in town
- Soaring Club of Houston INC 5 aircraft in town
- Soaring Club of Houston 5 aircraft in town
- Waller County Aviation Museum 3 aircraft in town
- Soaring Club of Houston INC 11 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 7 since 1982 · 2 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/89TA.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.