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.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Fort Worth Naval Air Station Jrb (Carswell Field)…
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
Runways 2

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 11,999 × 200 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 176/356 | 3,996 × 60 ft | Concrete |
- 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 delivery | 126.4 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Ground | 121.675 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Tower | 120.95 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp South; North | 125.8 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Arrival | 128.775 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Motza and star · Wesat and star South | 118.1 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Sasie and star · Truuk Rnav Star | 124.3 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Dodje and star · Reeko and star | 125.2 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Dodje and star | 125.9 | Navy Fort Worth |
| Likes and star North | 135.975 | Navy 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):
- Silver Creek Aviation Services
- Rich Aviation Services LLC Rich Aviation Services is a flight school operating since 2002 that provides Part 61 flight training for pilot certification, ratings, and recurrent training.
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:
- Longhorn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft on the certificate Longhorn Helicopters operates helicopter charters, tours, and specialized services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and across Texas.
- Rvr Aviation LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate
- Epic Helicopters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Fort Worth (12 of 33, all of them):
- Air Ndt
- Aog Reaction Company
- Aspire Mro LLC Aspire MRO is a maintenance, repair and operations facility specializing in passenger-to-freighter aircraft conversions and widebody heavy maintenance.
- Ats Components INC Aviation Technical Services is a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) company providing airframe and component repair services, engineering solutions, and aircraft supply chain support to operators, asset managers, and OEMs.
- Bell Textron INC
- Benz Companies, LTD.
- Broadies Aircraft and Engine Service INC
- Byam Propeller Service INC
- C&S Propeller LLC
- Campus Avionics Services
- Co-Operative Industries Co-Operative Industries Aerospace & Defense manufactures electrical wiring harnesses, ignition leads, and flexible metal conduit for commercial airline and defense industries.
- Elite Jet Solutions LLC Elite Jet Solutions is a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility based in Fort Worth, Texas, holding an FAA Part 145 repair station certificate.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fort Worth 1,880 aircraft · 994 airliners and large jets, 535 piston singles, 145 helicopters
- American Airlines INC 991 aircraft in town
- Bell Textron INC 95 aircraft in town
- Silver Creek Aviation Services 25 aircraft in town
- Paragon Air Group 14 aircraft in town
- Silver Creek Aviation Services 25 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Rich Aviation Services LLC 7 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Longhorn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Rvr Aviation LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Epic Helicopters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- International Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Tarrant County College 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Nate Abel Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Air Ndt · repair station
- Aog Reaction Company · repair station
- Aspire Mro LLC · repair station
- Ats Components INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,063 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 29,911 aircraft registered
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.
