Winston Field
SNK · KSNK · Snyder, Texas · Scurry County · map
Winston Field is a public-use airport owned by Scurry County, 2 miles southwest of Snyder, Texas, 2,430 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,599 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
Weather right now KSNK · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (150°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KSNK 062115Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 29/09 A3003 RMK AO2 T02900085
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 SNK · ICAO KSNK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Scurry County
- Elevation
- 2,430 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1950
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,599 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 14 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Snk and aWOS-3 | 119.925 | |
| Abilene and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 325-573-5724.
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 Snyder from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Snyder, Texas: 16 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI runways 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- 8 feet fence, 175 feet dstc, 125 feet L/R.
- PAPI unusable beyond 9 degreess left and right of runway centerline.
- Approach slope 21:1 to runway end.
- Runway 8/26 aircraft not vsb at opposite runway end.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.