Decatur Municipal
LUD · KLUD · Decatur, Texas · Wise County · map
Decatur Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Decatur, 2 miles north of Decatur, Texas, 1,047 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLUD · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KLUD 062155Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 31/11 A2999 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 LUD · ICAO KLUD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Decatur
- Elevation
- 1,047 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
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,200 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 10 ft high 243 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, power line 28 ft high 760 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Garland and dp South | 118.1 | |
| Lud and aWOS-3 | 118.225 | |
| Sasie and star · Truuk Rnav Star | 124.3 | |
| Dodje and star · Reeko and star | 125.2 | |
| Likes and star · Motza and star · Wesat and star South; North | 125.8 | |
| Dodje and star | 125.9 | |
| Likes and star North | 135.975 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 940-627-2365.
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 Decatur from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Decatur, Texas: 68 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 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 · 8 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
- Gnd drops sharply 160 feet north of runway 17 threshold.
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 30 feet trees, 0-199 feet dstc, 245 feet L, 151 feet R.
- 20 feet trees, 140-199 feet dstc, 150-250 feet R.
- Also 30 feet marked power line, 770 feet dstc, air carriers approach.
- Deer and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Due to runway elev chg, aircraft not vsb at opposite end.
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.