Sonora Municipal
SOA · KSOA · Sonora, Texas · Sutton County · map
Sonora Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sonora, 1 mile north of Sonora, Texas, 2,140 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,037 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SOA · ICAO KSOA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sonora
- Elevation
- 2,140 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1958
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,037 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: pulsating on the left, threshold displaced 93 ft, trees 40 ft high 564 ft from the end
- Runway 36: pulsating on the left, threshold displaced 601 ft, power line 50 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Soa and aWOS-3 | 118.075 | |
| Rock Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 325-387-3801.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Sonora from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Sonora, Texas: 11 piston singles, 3 helicopters. 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
- Non-standard solar lights runway 18/36 DUSK- dawn. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; pvasi runway 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Cable tie-downs - pilots bring own ropes.
- Pub works dir/amgr.
- Solar lights
- 6-15 feet fence 0 feet dstc air carriers approach, 15 feet brush, 0-25 feet dstc.
- 8 feet fence 90 dstc 0 feet B; 25 feet road 122 feet dstc 0B; 50 feet pole 32 feet dstc 233 feet L, 28 feet tree, 0 feet dstc, 153 feet R.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Approach ratio 0:1 at displaced threshold ovr 18 feet fence, 195 feet right.
- Approach slope 0:1 at displaced threshold ovr 51 feet tree, 0 feet dstc, 215 feet R.
- Also 32 feet road, 201 feet dstc, approach slope 0:1.
- 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.