Scholes International AT Galveston
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Scholes International AT Galveston is a public-use airport owned by the City of Galveston, 3 miles southwest of Galveston, Texas, 6 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GLS · ICAO KGLS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Galveston
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1938
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 120 ft high 2,970 ft from the end
- Runway 14: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, 5,819 ft available for landing, building 80 ft high 2,492 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.575 | Galveston |
| UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 135.35 | Galveston |
| Ground | 118.625 | Galveston |
| Alexandria and dp · Approach and departure · Bltwy Rnav Dp | 134.45 | Galveston |
| Tshirt and star · Tshrt and star | 119.175 | Galveston |
| Tkniq and star | 119.625 | Galveston |
| Hudzy and star · Ohiio and star · Wappl and star | 120.05 | Galveston |
| Cesan and star | 121.3 | Galveston |
| Gls and automated weather (ASOS) | 123.950 | |
| Blubell and star | 124.225 | Galveston |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 409-740-5483.
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 Galveston from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Galveston, Texas: 31 piston singles, 3 business jets, 1 turboprop, 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 · 21 since 1982, 7 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
- Flocks of birds in the vicinity of airport below 200 feet above ground level.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 14/32, medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset on med intst. To incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 14 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 14, 18, 32 and 36 operates continuously.
- First 1300 feet northwest end is concrete.
- Helicopters operating on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 178 feet lighted building 1800 feet northeast of runway 18 threshold.
- Paew adjacent runways and taxiways.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 14.
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.