Coulter Field
CFD · KCFD · Bryan, Texas · Brazos County · map
Coulter Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bryan, 3 miles northeast of Bryan, Texas, 367 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 78 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,200 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KCFD · observed 1:35 pm CDT (18:35 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,300 feet
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 67°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KCFD 111835Z AUTO 17008KT 150V210 10SM SCT043 31/19 A3010 RMK AO2 T03080192
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
6 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- B737 at 28,000 ft, 8 nm southwest, 12:57 pm CDT (17:57 UTC): light chop turbulence.
- CL35 at 43,000 ft, 68 nm southeast, 1:10 pm CDT (18:10 UTC): light chop turbulence.
- E75S at 17,000 ft, 74 nm northwest, 12:21 pm CDT (17:21 UTC): light turbulence.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CLL, 8 nm south), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 180° at 11 kt; 6,000 ft: 190° at 19 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 190° at 19 kt, 12 °C; 12,000 ft: 200° at 13 kt, 7 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 13 kt, -5 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA CFD · ICAO KCFD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bryan
- Elevation
- 367 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 27 ft high 625 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 8 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.3 | |
| Cfd and aWOS-3PT | 125.975 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 979-778-2544.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 64 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 5,400 |
| general aviation, local | 10,800 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 Bryan from the FAA register
87 aircraft are registered to owners in Bryan, Texas: 64 piston singles, 7 drones, 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 3 business jets. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Easterwood Field (8 nm south), Navasota Municipal (24 nm southeast), Brenham Municipal (30 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Bryan, by their names on the register:
- Texas Flying Club INC 1 aircraft Texas Flying Club is a member-owned nonprofit flying club at Coulter Field in Bryan, Texas.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Wanda Charity Collins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Madisonville, TX (23 nm) · (831) 325-3228 · wandacollinsdpe@gmail.com
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Pre dates the act.
- Sunrise to sunset medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst; to activate or incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Unlighted supplemental windsock 460 feet southwest aer 15.
- Unlighted hngrs 450 feet southwest aer 15.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bryan 87 aircraft · 64 piston singles, 7 drones, 4 turboprops
- Shoreline Consulting INC 2 aircraft in town
- Putz Aeroplanes LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Texas Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,068 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,860 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CFD.json.
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 9, 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.