Ellington Airport
EFD · KEFD · Houston, Texas · Harris County · map
Ellington Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Houston, 15 miles southeast of Houston, Texas, 32 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17R/35L, is 9,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KEFD · observed 2:54 pm CDT (19:54 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC), good until Wed 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC)
- From Tue 3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the north at 9 knots, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEFD 061954Z 01010KT 10SM SCT050 32/19 A2987
TAF KEFD 062000Z 0620/0802 01009KT 9999 SCT050 QNH2985INS TX33/0620Z TN23/0712Z
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 EFD · ICAO KEFD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Houston
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 600 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17R/35L | 9,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 8,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 17L/35R | 4,609 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 17R: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 35L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 22: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 35R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 135.575 | Ellington |
| Ground | 121.6 | Ellington |
| Tower | 126.05 | Ellington |
| Alexandria and dp · Approach and departure · Bltwy Rnav Dp | 134.45 | Ellington |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Ellington |
| Tshirt and star · Tshrt and star | 119.175 | Ellington |
| Tkniq and star | 119.625 | Ellington |
| Hudzy and star · Ohiio and star · Wappl and star | 120.05 | Ellington |
| Cesan and star | 121.3 | Ellington |
| Blubell and star · Snday Rnav Star | 124.225 | Ellington |
| Ang Comd Post · Ang and operations | 142.2 | Ellington |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 713-847-4430.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
1,184 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 618 piston singles, 268 business jets, 77 piston twins, 73 turboprops, 73 helicopters. 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 · 18 since 1982, 4 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
- Provided airport continues to be controlled by the control tower, runway 04/22 is developed as primary runway upgraded to pir capable of use by ang and nasa aircraft.
- Taxiway B unlighted east of runway 17R/35L; daylight use only.
- Pattern altitude: 1067 feet above ground level VFR rectangular, 1567 feet above ground level overhead, 567 feet above ground level light aircraft.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1563').
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1500').
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1496').
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1850').
- Runway 17L/35R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Be alert for military aircraft at 1600 above sea level making ovhd approaches.
- 70 feet above ground level tanks located 1400 feet northeast of runway 17R approach.
- Runway 17L/35R between taxiways C and G - dual purpose runway/taxiway with taxiway lights.
- Nmrs birds on and in the vicinity of airport all quadrants.
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.