Rick Husband Amarillo International
AMA · KAMA · Amarillo, Texas · Potter County · map
Rick Husband Amarillo International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Amarillo, 7 miles east of Amarillo, Texas, 3,607 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 13,502 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KAMA · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 11 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 11 knots, gusting to 21, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 6:00 am CDT (11:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAMA 061853Z 21011G20KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02500122
TAF KAMA 061720Z 0618/0718 22011G21KT P6SM SKC FM062100 21010KT P6SM SKC FM070200 18007KT P6SM SKC FM071100 VRB06KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AMA · ICAO KAMA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Amarillo
- Elevation
- 3,607 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 895 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 13,502 × 200 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 7,901 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: LDA with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Amarillo |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ama and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.85 | Amarillo |
| Clearance delivery | 121.65 | Amarillo |
| Clearance delivery | 125.4 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Amarillo |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 119.5 | Amarillo |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Class C (secondary) | 121.15 | Amarillo |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Amarillo |
| Amarillo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 | Amarillo |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 806-223-2973.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Amarillo from the FAA register
338 aircraft are registered to owners in Amarillo, Texas: 218 piston singles, 43 business jets, 26 turboprops, 17 piston twins, 17 helicopters. 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 · 15 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Index C equip available upon required.
- Tiltrotor aircraft activity in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed, to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runways 04 and 22; runway end identifier lights runway 13; high-intensity runway lights runways 04/22, 13/31; all taxiways - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 895 feet above ground level prop aircraft, 1395 feet above ground level turbojet aircraft, 1895 feet above ground level overhead.
- Director of aviation
- Runway 04/22 non-standard high-intensity runway lights due to spacing. High-intensity runway lights 50 feet from runway edge, non-standard dstc from centerline - pavement outside runway edge stripes may not be full strength and depth perception problems may exist during periods of darkness.
- Center 130 feet grooved full length.
- Landing fee.
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.