Sto 5 Heliport
8TX5 · Marathon, Texas · Brewster County · map
Sto 5 Heliport is a private heliport, 1 mile north of Marathon, Texas, 4,121 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 100 feet of concrete and gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8TX5
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,121 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2022
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete and gravel |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Alpine-Casparis Municipal (25 nm northwest), Marfa Municipal (41 nm west), Fort Stockton-Pecos County (45 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Alpine-Casparis Municipal (25 nm northwest), Marfa Municipal (41 nm west), Fort Stockton-Pecos County (45 nm north).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Marathon from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Marathon, Texas: 2 piston singles, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport 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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Marathon 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,056 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8TX5.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 30, 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.