Jasper County/Bell Field
JAS · KJAS · Jasper, Texas · Jasper County · map
Jasper County/Bell Field is a public-use airport owned by Jasper County, 4 miles southwest of Jasper, Texas, 213 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KJAS · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, a broken layer at 7,500 feet
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 KJAS 062015Z AUTO 9SM SCT050 BKN075 30/20 A2990 RMK AO2
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 JAS · ICAO KJAS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jasper County
- Elevation
- 213 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
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,500 × 70 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 90 ft high 2,550 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 1,980 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Jas and aWOS-3 | 118.375 | |
| Jasper and rco | 122.5 | Jasper · Communications provided by montgomery County radio on frequency 122.5 (Jasper rco). |
| Newton and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 409-489-1603.
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 Jasper from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Jasper, Texas: 17 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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 runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 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.