Childress Municipal
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Childress Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Childress, 4 miles west of Childress, Texas, 1,954 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,949 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KCDS · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 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 south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCDS 062153Z AUTO 21011KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03060122
TAF KCDS 061720Z 0618/0718 20006KT P6SM SKC FM070000 17006KT P6SM SKC FM071200 25006KT 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 CDS · ICAO KCDS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Childress
- Elevation
- 1,954 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,949 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,425 × 60 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 25 ft high 1,090 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Childress and rco | 122.4 | Childress |
| Paducah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 | |
| Cds and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 940-226-1189.
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 Childress from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Childress, Texas: 10 turboprops, 6 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 piston twin. 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Unattd new YEAR'S day
- Closed indefinitely.
- Non-standard medium-intensity runway lights runway 36 threshold lights 60 feet south of runway end.
- Runway not mntnd; loose gravel and vegetation growing through the pavement.
- Agriculture operations near all paved surfaces.
- 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.