Avenger Field
SWW · KSWW · Sweetwater, Texas · Nolan County · map
Avenger Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sweetwater, 3 miles west of Sweetwater, Texas, 2,380 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,840 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KSWW · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
- Wind from the east (090°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 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 KSWW 061935Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM 31/09 A3009 RMK AO2 T03100088
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 SWW · ICAO KSWW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sweetwater
- Elevation
- 2,380 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to TH, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm; F, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,840 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,658 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 12 ft high 388 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 37 ft high 820 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 37 ft high 1,060 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 35 ft high 555 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.2 | |
| Sww and aWOS-3 | 119.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 325-236-9652.
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 Sweetwater from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Sweetwater, Texas: 6 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 11 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
- Fuel 24 hour self serve.
- 15 feet gravel road 199 feet dstc, 236 feet L.
- Runway 04/22 and 17/35, aircraft not vsb from opposite end of runway.
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.