Marfa Municipal
MRF · KMRF · Marfa, Texas · Presidio County · map
Marfa Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Presidio County, 3 miles north of Marfa, Texas, 4,849 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,203 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 30 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMRF · observed 5:01 pm CDT (22:01 UTC), 52 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 7,500 feet, overcast at 9,000 feet
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.16 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 KMRF 062201Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT075 OVC090 25/12 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02500117 $
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 MRF · ICAO KMRF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Presidio County
- Elevation
- 4,849 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,203 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,309 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 09/27 | 2,825 × 60 ft | Dirt, poor |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 19 ft high 870 ft from the end
- Runway 09: fence 4 ft high 132 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mrf and aWOS-3PT | 134.025 | |
| Fort Stockton Center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 432-729-3364.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Marfa from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Marfa, Texas: 23 piston singles, 5 gliders, 1 helicopter, 1 gyroplane. 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
- 105 feet above ground level lighted water tower 1168 feet southwest of aer 31.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee waived with minimum fuel purchase.
- Glider instruction only
- 100LL, JET-A, self serve avlbl 24 hours.
- 12 feet tree, 24 feet dstc, 230 feet R.
- Glider operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Parl taxiway adjacent runway 04/22 closed except between taxiway a and runway 13/31.
- Taxiway a northwest of runway 04/22 closed to aircraft more than 18000 LB.
- Runway 9 thld marked W/3 white tires each side of runway centerline.
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.