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Fort Worth Naval Air Station Jrb (Carswell Field)

NFW · KNFW · Fort Worth, Texas · Tarrant County · map

Fort Worth Naval Air Station Jrb (Carswell Field) is a private airport owned by the U.S. Navy, 5 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas, 650 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 11,999 feet of concrete. It has a control tower.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA NFW · ICAO KNFW
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
Owner
U.S. Navy
Elevation
650 feet above sea level
Control tower
A control tower · 1300-0500z++ mon-fri; 1500-2300z++ saturday and sunday, ot by notam.
Attended
Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm to 0500z++; weekends, 3:00 pm to 2300z++; every day, ot by notam
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
Magnetic variation
4E
In the FAA's files since
July 1943

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

1836176356N5,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.
FAA airport diagram for Fort Worth Naval Air Station Jrb (Carswell Field)
The FAA's official airport diagram (taxiways, ramps, hot spots); tap to enlarge, or open the FAA's PDF.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/3611,999 × 200 ftConcreteHigh-intensity lights
176/3563,996 × 60 ftConcrete
  • Runway 18: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
  • Runway 36: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)

Radio frequencies

Clearance delivery126.4Navy Fort Worth
Ground121.675Navy Fort Worth
Tower120.95Navy Fort Worth
Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp South; North125.8Navy Fort Worth
Arrival128.775Navy Fort Worth
Motza and star · Wesat and star South118.1Navy Fort Worth
Sasie and star · Truuk Rnav Star124.3Navy Fort Worth
Dodje and star · Reeko and star125.2Navy Fort Worth
Dodje and star125.9Navy Fort Worth
Likes and star North135.975Navy Fort Worth

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Repairs
airframe and engine: major repairs

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Fort Worth Meacham International (5 nm northeast), Fort Worth Spinks Airport (14 nm southeast), Bourland Field (14 nm southwest), Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance Airport (15 nm northeast).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fort Worth Meacham International (5 nm northeast), Sycamore Strip (10 nm southeast), Hicks Airfield (10 nm north), Parker County (12 nm west).

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.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • Cstms/agricultural/img: U.S. military cstms schedule 1400-2200Z++ MON-FRI 48 hour PN through Nas security dsn 739-5200, C817-782-5200.
  • Available only during hours of operation.
  • Pattern altitude: 1050 feet above ground level rectangular, 1550 feet above ground level overhead, 550 feet above ground level helicopter.
  • Hook E28(B) (1251').
  • Hook E28(B) (1375').
  • PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess right of centerline.
  • Caution: moderate and strong west wind reduced at TD PT runway 18 by lockheed complex. Bird haz.
  • Misc: runway 18 first 1000 feet concrete, 6700 feet HI-FRICTION asphalt, 2800 feet grooved concrete, remaining 1500 feet concrete, taxiway B east of taxiway F 50 feet.
  • Bearing strength runway 18/36: ST175 SBTT593 TRT585.
  • Jasu: 1(NCPP-105) 1(NC-8) 4(AM32A-86D) 7(AM32A-60A).
  • Fuel: operates 1200-0430Z++. JA.
  • Fluid: SP presair ltd lox.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Fort Worth from the FAA register

1,880 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Worth, Texas: 994 airliners and large jets, 535 piston singles, 145 helicopters, 63 business jets, 53 piston twins. 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.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Fort Worth, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • International Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Ft Worth, 5 miles away
  • Tarrant County College 4 aircraft · Fort Worth, 6 miles away
  • Nate Abel Flying Club 2 aircraft · Fort Worth, 6 miles away Nate Abel Flying Club is a flying club based in Fort Worth, Texas, operating two Cessna aircraft (a Cessna 150 and a Cessna 172) for its members.
  • 642 Flying Club of Fort Worth INC 1 aircraft · Fort Worth, 6 miles away Fort Worth Flying Club is a 501(c)(3) flying club based at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (KFTW) that provides aircraft rental and flying opportunities to members in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond.
  • Double T Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Worth, 6 miles away
  • Fancy Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Worth, 6 miles away
  • Metro Flyers LTD 2 aircraft · N Richland Hills, 14 miles away Metro Flyers is a private flying club based at Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Denton, Texas.
  • Alliance Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Haslet, 15 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in Fort Worth:

Repair stations in Fort Worth (12 of 33, all of them):

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NFW.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 23, 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.