Gaines County
GNC · KGNC · Seminole, Texas · Gaines County · map
Gaines County is a public-use airport owned by Gaines County, 3 miles south of Seminole, Texas, 3,315 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,381 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGNC · observed 2:30 pm CDT (19:30 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 80°F (26°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 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 KGNC 061930Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 27/12 A3014 RMK AO2 T02650121
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 GNC · ICAO KGNC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gaines County
- Elevation
- 3,315 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1978
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,381 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 30 ft high 848 ft from the end
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 30 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Gnc and aWOS-3 | 118.075 | |
| Lubbock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 432-758-3102.
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 Seminole from the FAA register
106 aircraft are registered to owners in Seminole, Texas: 82 piston singles, 11 turboprops, 7 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 2 drones. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Medium-intensity runway lights runways 08/26 and 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- County commissioner
- Runway markings faded.
- Runway markings faded.
- 169 feet ant 410 feet right of centerline.
- 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.