Eagle Lake Airport
ELA · KELA · Eagle Lake, Texas · Colorado County · map
Eagle Lake Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Eagle Lake, 1 mile northeast of Eagle Lake, Texas, 184 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,280 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KELA · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 65°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 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 KELA 062015Z AUTO 04010KT 10SM CLR 32/18 A2991 RMK AO2 T03190181
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 ELA · ICAO KELA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Eagle Lake
- Elevation
- 184 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,280 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.225 | |
| Ela and aWOS-3PT | 128.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 979-234-2665.
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 Eagle Lake from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Eagle Lake, Texas: 4 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter. 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 · 7 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
- Predates act.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
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.