Thorp Airport
9TE3 · Lamesa, Texas · Dawson County · map
Thorp Airport is a private airport, 10 miles south of Lamesa, Texas, 2,900 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,600 feet of dirt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas).
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9TE3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,900 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,600 × 40 ft | Dirt |
Aircraft registered in Lamesa from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Lamesa, Texas: 17 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- (E102) mechanic available for emergency.
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.