Wharton Regional
ARM · KARM · Wharton, Texas · Wharton County · map
Wharton Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wharton, 5 miles southwest of Wharton, Texas, 100 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KARM · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 6 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,900 feet, scattered clouds at 5,500 feet, a broken layer at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 67°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KARM 061935Z AUTO 04006G15KT 10SM SCT049 SCT055 BKN065 31/20 A2991 RMK AO2 T03130196 TSNO
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 ARM · ICAO KARM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wharton
- Elevation
- 100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,004 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, rr 32 ft high 1,252 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Arm and aWOS-3 | 118.475 | |
| Wappl and star | 120.05 | |
| Cesan and star | 121.3 | |
| Bltwy Rnav Dp · Luric Rnav Dp · Mmalt Rnav Dp Low | 128.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 979-532-2791.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Wharton from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Wharton, Texas: 12 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 helicopter, 1 glider. 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Sunset to sunrise, medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset to low intensity; to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 100 LL and jet a self serve. Jet a also by truck.
- Pavement cracking, svrl areas where pavement lip exceeds 3 ins.
- Hang glider activate WI 5 NM of airport up to 6000 feet above ground level. Hang glider towing operations in grassy area left of der 14.
- Svrl runway/taxiway lights out.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.