Aransas County
RKP · KRKP · Rockport, Texas · Aransas County · map
Aransas County is a public-use airport owned by Aransas County, 4 miles north of Rockport, Texas, 24 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,608 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 43 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 105,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KRKP · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 9,500 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 KRKP 062153Z AUTO 08009KT 8SM FEW095 31/22 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP108 T03110222 $
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 RKP · ICAO KRKP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Aransas County
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,608 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,498 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 15 ft high 560 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 565 ft, power line 33 ft high 872 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 30 ft high 1,035 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 42 ft high 922 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.9 | |
| Rkp and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 361-729-2372.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 105,000, 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 Rockport from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Rockport, Texas: 25 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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 · 7 since 1982, 3 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
- Crew cars available first come or reservation.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 and 18/36 preset low intst. To incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights 14 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach slope 50:1 from displaced threshold.
- Crew rest facility including sleep rooms and showers available with prior coordination west/airport.
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.