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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 95 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 125,539 takeoffs and landings a year. About 210 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Ellington Airport?
Its FAA code is EFD, and its ICAO code is KEFD.
Where is Ellington Airport?
It is 15 miles southeast of Houston, Texas, 32 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Ellington Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 17R/35L, is 9,001 feet long.
Does Ellington Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ellington Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Ellington Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Addison. Every route
Are there flight schools at Ellington Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Kling Aviation INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ellington Airport?
16 pilot examiners and 41 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 Ellington Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: LA Porte Municipal (6 nm northeast), Pearland Regional (7 nm southwest), William P Hobby Airport (7 nm west).
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
- 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.
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from EFD in those twelve months, carrying 1 passengers in 12 seats (8% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington → Addison EFD–ADS | 1 | 1 | Air Alsie A/S |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 32 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 30 |
| other | 25 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 125,539, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 2,388 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,179 |
| general aviation, travelling | 55,599 |
| general aviation, local | 29,938 |
| military | 27,435 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
1,181 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 612 piston singles, 273 business jets, 76 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, 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
Fuel and service companies in Houston, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Kling Aviation INC 4 aircraft · Friendswood, 7 miles away Kling Aviation, Inc.
Charter operators and airlines based in Houston (12 of 13):
- Wing Aviation Charter Services LLC 21 aircraft on the certificate
- American Jet International Corporation 14 aircraft on the certificate American Jet International is an FAA-certified air carrier based in Houston, Texas, offering on-demand charter flights, aircraft management, and air medical/medevac services.
- Lone Star Aviators, LLC 12 aircraft on the certificate Lone Star Aviators is a Part 135 certified charter operator and Part 145 repair station based in Houston and Dallas, Texas.
- Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc.
- South Florida Aviation Group LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Tavaero Jet Charter Corporation 6 aircraft on the certificate Tavaero Jet Charter Corporation operates a charter jet service based in Houston, Texas, offering both executive and retail charter flights.
- Memorial Hermann Health System 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Ameritex Airways Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Paradigm Helicopters LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Paradigm Helicopters operates on-demand helicopter charter services across Texas and the Gulf Coast, based in Houston.
- Stewart, Daryl G. 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Heliroutes LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate HeliRoutes LLC operates helicopter charter services from MacArthur Airport (KISP) and Republic Airport (KFRG) in the New York area.
- Enterprise Products Company 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Houston (12 of 24, all of them):
- Aeroplus Interiors INC AeroPlus Interiors, Inc.
- Aircraft Custom Interiors AeroPlus Interiors, Inc.
- Amtech Solutions Group LLC AMTECH Aircraft Services is an FAA Part 145 repair station based in Houston, Texas, providing line maintenance engineering, on-wing AOG recovery, and technical consulting services to commercial and cargo operators.
- Av8 Mro LLC Av8 MRO LLC is a repair station specializing in landing gear overhaul and component repair for business aviation aircraft, primarily Embraer Phenom 100/300 and Hawker 125 series.
- Brazos Avionics INC
- Bz Logistics LLC Semper Fli Aircraft Battery Shop is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in aircraft battery maintenance, repair, and recertification.
- Challenger Aviation Services INC Challenger Aviation Services Inc is an FAA-certified repair station operating from Houston Hobby Airport.
- Conocophillips CO.
- Falcon Crest Accessories INC Falcon Crest Accessories Inc.
- Friedkin Aviation Services
- General Avionics INC General Avionics is an FAA-certificated repair station in Houston, Texas, specializing in avionics installations, systems integration, and retrofits for single and twin engine aircraft.
- Harco Aviation LLC Harco Aviation is a repair station and aircraft management company based in Houston, Texas, operating from Hobby Airport and Ellington Field.
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
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 12 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 41 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 16 training center evaluators, 8 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners.
- Deborah Rihn-Harvey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · La Porte, TX (6 nm) · (281) 216-1484 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Vincent Kling private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Friendswood, TX (6 nm) · (832) 379-4991 · [email protected]
- Allen Salibo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pearland Regional Airport · Pearland, TX (9 nm) · (713) 299-3583 · [email protected]
- Brian Jay Sheatz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · COASTAL SKIES AERO CLUB · Pearland, TX (9 nm) · (281) 455-9911 · [email protected]
- Corey Deshawn Shepard private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Houston, TX (25 nm) · (713) 373-6389 · [email protected]
- Daryl Gene Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Houston, TX (25 nm) · (713) 824-8021 · [email protected]
- Erik Daniel Kessler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Houston, TX (25 nm) · (346) 552-1079 · [email protected]
- George Patrick Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Houston, TX (25 nm) · (832) 654-9831 · [email protected]
All 106 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 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. 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 Houston 1,181 aircraft · 612 piston singles, 273 business jets, 76 piston twins
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 41 aircraft in town
- Comanche Warbirds INC 19 aircraft in town
- Lone Star Flight Museum 17 aircraft in town
- Comanche Maverick Air LLC 17 aircraft in town
- International Trading Energy Fuels LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- M7 Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Welch Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Wing Aviation Charter Services LLC 21 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- American Jet International Corporation 14 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Lone Star Aviators, LLC 12 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Kling Aviation INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Aeroplus Interiors INC · repair station
- Aircraft Custom Interiors · repair station
- Amtech Solutions Group LLC · repair station
- Av8 Mro LLC · repair station
- Addison (ADS) 1 flights in twelve months · Air Alsie A/S
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EFD.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.