Winkler County
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Winkler County is a public-use airport owned by Winkler County, 3 miles northwest of Wink, Texas, 2,822 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KINK · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Sky: scattered clouds at 7,000 feet
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 south at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KINK 061953Z AUTO 00000KT SCT070 28/11 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02780111 PNO $
TAF KINK 061720Z 0618/0718 17005KT P6SM SCT040 SCT100 FM062300 14005KT P6SM SCT040 SCT100
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 INK · ICAO KINK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Winkler County
- Elevation
- 2,822 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,514 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 5 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 04: brush 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 22: power line 23 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Ink and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.325 | |
| Midland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.1 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 432-527-3320.
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 Wink from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Wink, Texas: 3 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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 · 2 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 04/22 and 13/31 preset low intst; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours self serve or full service.
- 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.