Del Rio International
DRT · KDRT · Del Rio, Texas · Val Verde County · map
Del Rio International is a public-use airport owned by Del Rio/Val Verde CO, 2 miles northwest of Del Rio, Texas, 1,002 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KDRT · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDRT 062153Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 32/14 A2993 RMK AO1 SLP123 T03170139
TAF KDRT 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW060
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 DRT · ICAO KDRT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Del Rio/Val Verde CO
- Elevation
- 1,002 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 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
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,300 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 46 × 46 ft | Concrete, good | |
| H2 | 46 × 46 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, 6,000 ft available for landing, tree 31 ft high 922 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, 5,980 ft available for landing, tree 52 ft high 2,105 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.5 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.6 | |
| Drt and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 | |
| Rock Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.75 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 830-282-0257.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 3 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
- Helipad H1 and H2 located south end of main parking ramp.
- Activate mals runway 13; runway end identifier lights runway 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; taxiway - the common traffic frequency
- Starts at 6,500 pounds mtogw
- 50:1 slope to the displaced threshold.
- The national weather service releases weather balloons from the Del Rio airport twice daily (1200 and 0000 zulu).
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B available upon request
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.