Tyler Pounds Regional
TYR · KTYR · Tyler, Texas · Smith County · map
Tyler Pounds Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tyler, 3 miles west of Tyler, Texas, 544 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 8,334 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 110 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 34,419 takeoffs and landings a year. About 51,579 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KTYR · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 36 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 12:29 pm CDT (17:29 UTC), good until Mon 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the south at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTYR 111853Z 22013KT 10SM CLR 31/15 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP180 T03060150
TAF KTYR 111729Z 1118/1218 20012KT P6SM SCT250 FM120000 17005KT P6SM SCT250 FM121200 17008KT P6SM BKN250
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.
1 pilot report within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- CL35 at 45,000 ft, 73 nm southeast, 2:00 pm CDT (19:00 UTC): light chop turbulence.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (DAL, 79 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 200° at 16 kt; 6,000 ft: 200° at 19 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 210° at 20 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 21 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 14 kt, -5 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/6904 Tyler, TX, Friday, October 9, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 UTC over this airport · air shows/sports · until 11 October
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 TYR · ICAO KTYR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tyler
- Elevation
- 544 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 9:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 8,334 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 5,198 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,832 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,734 ft available for landing
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, 7,734 ft available for landing, tree 28 ft high 1,146 ft from the end
- Runway 13: pole 28 ft high 1,550 ft from the end
- Runway 31: VASI, four boxes on the left, road 14 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 18: tree 38 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tree 43 ft high 1,158 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.1 | Pounds |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.25 | Pounds |
| Ground | 121.9 | Pounds |
| Approach and departure | 128.75 | Pounds |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Pounds |
| Tyler and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.25 | Pounds |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 903-535-9105.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 71 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 19 |
| helicopters | 5 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 34,419, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,548 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,625 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,158 |
| general aviation, local | 7,598 |
| military | 490 |
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 Tyler from the FAA register
127 aircraft are registered to owners in Tyler, Texas: 88 piston singles, 13 business jets, 11 piston twins, 6 drones, 4 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, 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
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Athens Municipal (24 nm southwest), Wood County/Collins Field (24 nm north), Cherokee County (31 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 Tyler, by their names on the register:
- Tyler Flyers INC 1 aircraft Tyler Flyers, Inc.
Charter operators and airlines based in Tyler:
- First Av Group, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate First AV Group is an air charter operator based in 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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Bradley Frank Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · LeTourneau UNIVERSITY · Longview, TX (35 nm) · (903) 269-7006 · bfs.aviation@gmail.com
- Bruce Allen Chase private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · LeTourneau University · Longview, TX (35 nm) · (903) 261-4661 · bruce@chaseaviationservices.com
- Kenny James Seaman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Code 1 Flight Training · Wills Point, TX (35 nm) · (430) 306-4685 · kenny.seaman@wnco.com
- John Michael Hardin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · terrell, TX (49 nm) · (903) 253-2539 · mike@mikesflyingservice.com
All 17 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 15 since 1982, 2 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; runway end identifier lights runway 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset med intst, to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 04 and 22, VASI runway 31 operates continuously.
- Unusable beyond 9 degrees left and right of runway centerline.
- Helicopters operating inbound or outbound to/from the downtown hospitals state intention on 123.075.
- West side psgr terminal ramp access restricted to air carrier.
- Conditions not mntd between the hours of 9:30 PM and 6:30 AM local.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tyler 127 aircraft · 88 piston singles, 13 business jets, 11 piston twins
- Tyler Petroleum INC 2 aircraft in town
- Triad Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Rb Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Cable Strong Aircraft Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- First Av Group, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Tyler Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 2 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/TYR.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.