Yoakum County
F98 · Plains, Texas · Yoakum County · map
Yoakum County is a public-use airport owned by Yoakum County, 1 mile northwest of Plains, Texas, 3,705 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA F98
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Yoakum County
- Elevation
- 3,705 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,924 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 21: pole 35 ft high 1,521 ft from the end
- Runway 17: pole 30 ft high 548 ft from the end
- Runway 35: pole 25 ft high 880 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Lubbock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Plains from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Plains, Texas: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runways 03/21 and 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Self serve.
- 4 feet berm 115 feet left of runway centerline at threshold, 3-4 feet scattered brush 0-200 feet from threshold air carriers approach.
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.