Edwards County
ECU · KECU · Rocksprings, Texas · Edwards County · map
Edwards County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Edwards, 4 miles southeast of Rocksprings, Texas, 2,372 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,050 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KECU · observed 6:55 pm CDT (23:55 UTC), 7 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KECU 062355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 27/12 A3006 RMK AO2
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 ECU · ICAO KECU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Edwards
- Elevation
- 2,372 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,050 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 278 ft, trees 25 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 23 ft high 780 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.6 | |
| Ecu and aWOS-3 | 118.175 | |
| Rock Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 830-683-2425.
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 Rocksprings from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Rocksprings, Texas: 2 drones. 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 · 1 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
- Gate aces use field elev.
- Road and bridge supt.
- 8 feet marked fence, 30 feet dstc.
- Night open displaced threshold lights are 288 feet from runway end.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- 20:1 to displaced threshold ovr 25 feet trees, 600 feet dstc, 0 B.
- Gravel pit adjacent to runway west side, 12 feet dirt piles 156 feet from runway CL.
- 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.