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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 29 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 40,236 takeoffs and landings a year. About 402,629 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Rick Husband Amarillo International?
Its FAA code is AMA, and its ICAO code is KAMA.
Where is Rick Husband Amarillo International?
It is 7 miles east of Amarillo, Texas, 3,607 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Rick Husband Amarillo International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 13,502 feet long.
Does Rick Husband Amarillo International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Rick Husband Amarillo International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Rick Husband Amarillo International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Dallas Love Field, George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Denver International, Harry Reid International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Rick Husband Amarillo International?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Phil-Flyers Club INC and Pmt Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Rick Husband Amarillo International?
1 pilot examiner and 4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Tradewind Airport (7 nm southwest), River Falls Airport (9 nm south), Hutchinson County (33 nm northeast).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 5,933 departures from AMA in those twelve months, carrying 419,092 passengers in 555,330 seats (75% filled), to 32 destinations on 11 airlines.
All 32 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 9 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 9 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 40,236, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 8,828 |
| air taxi and commuter | 6,964 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,749 |
| general aviation, local | 3,919 |
| military | 11,776 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Amarillo from the FAA register
337 aircraft are registered to owners in Amarillo, Texas: 218 piston singles, 43 business jets, 25 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, 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:
- Phil-Flyers Club INC 1 aircraft · Amarillo WT Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at River Falls Airport south of Amarillo, Texas.
- Pmt Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Amarillo
- Texas Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Amarillo
Charter operators and airlines based in Amarillo:
- Panavia Air Taxi, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate
- Rico Aviation LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Rico Aviation is a fixed-wing air ambulance operator based in Amarillo, Texas, providing 24-hour intensive care aeromedical transport throughout the Continental United States.
Repair stations in Amarillo:
- Bell Helicopter Textron INC
- Bradley Avionics LLC Bradley Aircraft Company is a repair station based in Columbus, Indiana, providing aircraft maintenance including annual and 100-hour inspections, pre-purchase inspections, and aircraft modifications for single and twin-engine aircraft.
- International Aerospace Coatings INC International Aerospace Coatings is an aircraft painting and aviation services company with 10 state-of-the-art facilities globally across the USA and Europe.
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner.
- Richard Lee Ridenour private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ridenour Aviation Services · Amarillo, TX (0 nm) · (806) 690-8593 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Amarillo 337 aircraft · 218 piston singles, 43 business jets, 25 turboprops
- Lta Group Holdings LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Texas Air and Space Museum INC 7 aircraft in town
- Jax Transport LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Windsock Holdings LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Panavia Air Taxi, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Rico Aviation LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Phil-Flyers Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Pmt Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Texas Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Bell Helicopter Textron INC · repair station
- Bradley Avionics LLC · repair station
- International Aerospace Coatings INC · repair station
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 2,345 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 1,257 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 995 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Denver International (DEN) 719 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 361 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 196 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA) 13 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- William P Hobby (HOU) 7 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AMA.json.
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 27, 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.