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Oldham County

E52 · Vega, Texas · Oldham County · map

Oldham County is a public-use airport owned by Oldham County, 2 miles southeast of Vega, Texas, 3,995 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA E52
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Oldham County
Elevation
3,995 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Albuquerque sectional
Magnetic variation
9E
In the FAA's files since
May 1970

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1735N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
17/354,200 × 60 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 32 ft high 1,133 ft from the end
  • Runway 35: fence 4 ft high 343 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Vega from the FAA register

9 aircraft are registered to owners in Vega, Texas: 7 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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:

Caprock Spraying INC 4

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal

2025-05-26CEN25LA188 · Piper Pa-18 N7175D · accident · minor injuries
2003-06-28FTW03CA180 · Schweizer G-164B N7501H · accident · no injuries
1989-06-26FTW89DQG04 · Cessna A188B N4956Q · accident · no injuries
1986-05-28FTW86LA094 · Cessna 172N N6352D · accident · no injuries
1986-03-01FTW86LQG13 · Beech C23 N6110X · accident · no injuries

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

  • Activate PAPI runway 17; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Fuel 24 hour self serve.

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.