Edwards Airport
8TX3 · Goldthwaite, Texas · Mills County · map
Edwards Airport is a private airport, 8 miles southwest of Goldthwaite, Texas, 1,300 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 1,550 feet of grass.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
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 8TX3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,300 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1991
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 1,550 × 100 ft | Grass | |
| 09/27 | 1,350 × 110 ft | Grass |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 275 ft
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 250 ft
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 260 ft
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 400 ft, tower 12 ft high 260 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Hamilton Municipal (31 nm northeast), Brownwood Regional (32 nm northwest), Llano Municipal (34 nm south), Comanche County-City (35 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: San Saba County Municipal (8 nm southwest), Lampasas Airport (26 nm southeast), Hamilton Municipal (31 nm northeast), Brownwood Regional (32 nm northwest).
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
- 09/27 marked with light reflectors.
- 17/35 marked with light reflectors.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Goldthwaite from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Goldthwaite, Texas: 12 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 drone, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Goldthwaite 15 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 1 helicopters, 1 drones
- 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/8TX3.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.