Wilbarger County
F05 · Vernon, Texas · Wilbarger County · map
Wilbarger County is a public-use airport owned by Wilbarger County, 4 miles north of Vernon, Texas, 1,265 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 5,099 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA F05
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wilbarger County
- Elevation
- 1,265 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,099 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 4,304 × 80 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: road 15 ft high 710 ft from the end
- Runway 20: VASI, four boxes on the left, road 10 ft high 617 ft from the end
- Runway 16: road 12 ft high 432 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.1 | |
| F05 and aWOS-3 | 118.525 | |
| CLINTON-SHERMAN and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.4 | |
| Wichita Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 940-552-8600.
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 Vernon from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Vernon, Texas: 16 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 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 · 8 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
- PRE-DATES act.
- Seasonal extensive aerial agricultural operations.
- Medium-intensity runway lightss dusk to dawn.
- Runway 2/20 grass encroaching 13 feet each side
- 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.