Fort Stockton-Pecos County
FST · KFST · Fort Stockton, Texas · Pecos County · map
Fort Stockton-Pecos County is a public-use airport owned by Pecos County, 2 miles northwest of Fort Stockton, Texas, 3,011 feet above sea level. It has 5 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 7,508 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KFST · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm CDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFST 061853Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW065 28/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02780128 PNO $
TAF KFST 061720Z 0618/0718 13005KT P6SM SCT040 SCT070 FM070300 15005KT P6SM SKC
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 FST · ICAO KFST
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pecos County
- Elevation
- 3,011 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 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
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 5
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 7,508 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 4,961 × 150 ft | Grass, poor | |
| 03/21 | 4,400 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 3,981 × 150 ft | Grass, poor | |
| 11/29 | 3,348 × 100 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 20 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 25: trees 9 ft high 186 ft from the end
- Runway 03: power line 110 ft high 2,100 ft from the end
- Runway 16: brush on the approach
- Runway 34: tree 75 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 29: road 10 ft high 65 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Fst and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 | |
| Fort Stockton Rco | 122.2 | Fort Stockton |
| Fort Stockton Center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.875 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 432-336-7591.
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 Fort Stockton from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Stockton, Texas: 9 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 glider. 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 · 5 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runways 03/21 and 12/30 preset low intst; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 12 and 30 operates continuously.
- County commissioner.
- 5 feet fence, 0-199 feet dstc, 145 feet L.
- Gravel road at 190 feet air carriers approach.
- Threshold not marked.
- Threshold not marked.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees right of rcl.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees right of rcl.
- 10 feet trees and brush at threshold air carriers approach.
- Runway not marked - rough with thorns.
- Runway not marked - rough with thorns.
- Runway not marked - rough with thorns.
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.