Laughlin Air Force Base
DLF · KDLF · Del Rio, Texas · Val Verde County · map
Laughlin Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 5 miles east of Del Rio, Texas, 1,082 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13C/31C, is 8,852 feet of partially concrete. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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 DLF · ICAO KDLF
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 1,082 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 1300-0100z++ mon-fri; 2100-2359z sunday except holidays
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm to 0100z++; Sunday, 8:00 pm to 2300z++
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13C/31C | 8,852 × 150 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 13L/31R | 8,316 × 150 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 13R/31L | 6,571 × 150 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13C: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 31C: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 13L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31L: threshold displaced 330 ft, 6,241 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 114.4 | Laughlin |
| Clearance delivery | 120.5 | Laughlin |
| Tower | 125.2 | Laughlin |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 119.6 | Laughlin |
| Approach and departure | 127.75 | |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Laughlin |
| Rock Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.75 | Laughlin |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Del Rio International (8 nm west), Maverick County Memorial International (33 nm southeast), OX Ranch Airport (35 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Del Rio International (8 nm west), Maverick County Memorial International (33 nm southeast).
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
- Restricted: overhead approach not authorized for tran aircraft dur stu training operates. Exp radar vectors for ILS, localizer or STR-IN approach and full stop landing dur stu training.
- Closed to all aircraft except emergency OT, Saturday and holidays; OT by NOTAM.
- Base operations
- BAK-15 chag (151' ovrn).
- BAK-15 chag (115' ovrn).
- BAK-15 chag (155' ovrn).
- BAK-15 chag (155' ovrn).
- Runway 13C-31C PAPI operates dur operates hour.
- Runway 13C-31C PAPI operates dur operates hour.
- Caution: all departure aircraft cross 2 DME at or below 3000' to ensure separation FR civil corridor.
- A-GEAR: BAK-15 on departure end runway 13C-31C and runway 13L-31R. opposite end approach over raised barrier is proh.
- NS abtmt: aetc quiet hour policy in effective 0400-1200Z++ daily, no takeoff, LO approach or touch and go landing.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Del Rio from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Del Rio, Texas: 18 piston singles, 1 drone, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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
Repair stations in Del Rio:
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Del Rio 20 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 1 drones, 1 business jets
- Rio Grande Aviation LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DLF.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.