Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport
DZB · KDZB · Horseshoe Bay, Texas · Llano County · map
Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport is a public-use airport in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, 1,093 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,977 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
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What is the airport code for Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport?
Its FAA code is DZB, and its ICAO code is KDZB.
Where is Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport?
It is in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, 1,093 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,977 feet long, asphalt.
Does Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Gs Flyers LLC and Lake Travis Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DZB · ICAO KDZB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,093 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 see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,977 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 300 ft
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 41 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Dzb and aWOS-3 | 119.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 830-598-2059.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Spicewood Airport (13 nm east), Burnet Muni/Kate Craddock Field (14 nm northeast), Llano Municipal (22 nm northwest).
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
- Rotating beacon operators 24/7.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 6 feet tower 5 feet dstc, 82 feet R.
- 4 feet rising trrn 0-200 feet dstc 204 feet L.
- Right traffic not marked on gnd.
- Approach slope 0:1 to displaced threshold; 10 feet stone wall 190 feet R. 50:1 based on straight out.
- Deer in the vicinity of of runway.
- Runway 17 feet drop off.
- Tgl and training flights prohibited.
- Runway 17 preferred for departure.
- Runway 17, 35 feet power line, 375 feet R of centerline, parl to runway 17 end north 3600 feet.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Horseshoe Bay from the FAA register
107 aircraft are registered to owners in Horseshoe Bay, Texas: 46 airliners and large jets, 40 piston singles, 10 business jets, 5 turboprops, 3 piston twins. 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:
- Gs Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Granite Shoals, 4 miles away
- Lake Travis Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Granite Shoals, 4 miles away
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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 15 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners.
- Jon Wells private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Meadowlakes, TX (8 nm) · (336) 447-8390 · [email protected]
- Steven B Bush private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, military competency; helicopters · Lone Star Helicopters Inc · Lago Vista, TX (20 nm) · (512) 963-5363 · [email protected]
- Patrick Lyndon Nugent private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Stonewall, TX (23 nm) · (512) 484-9213 · [email protected]
- Gregory Kling Squires private pilot, commercial and instrument, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Breakaway Airport (40XS) · Cedar Park, TX (28 nm) · (914) 525-9431 · [email protected]
- James Briggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Georgetown, TX (36 nm) · (303) 870-7852 · [email protected]
- Tristan T Walling private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aerotex Aviation · Georgetown, TX (36 nm) · (317) 418-2194 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Quillen private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Henriksen Jet Center · Pflugerville, TX (40 nm) · (512) 750-6287 · [email protected]
- Brian David Childs private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Coast Flight · San Marcos, TX (44 nm) · (956) 247-9464 · [email protected]
All 41 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 5 since 1982, 0 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 Horseshoe Bay 107 aircraft · 46 airliners and large jets, 40 piston singles, 10 business jets
- Jetran LLC 64 aircraft in town
- Spectre Air Capital LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Gs Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Lake Travis Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 0 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/DZB.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.