Poetry Flying Ranch Airport
T48 · Rockwall, Texas · Hunt County · map
Poetry Flying Ranch Airport is a public-use airport, 15 miles southeast of Rockwall, Texas, 500 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,344 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Poetry Flying Ranch Airport?
Its FAA code is T48.
Where is Poetry Flying Ranch Airport?
It is 15 miles southeast of Rockwall, Texas, 500 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Poetry Flying Ranch Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,344 feet long, grass.
Does Poetry Flying Ranch Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Poetry Flying Ranch Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: No 1 British Flying Training School Museum INC and Runway Aviation Flight Training USA CORP. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Poetry Flying Ranch Airport?
23 pilot examiners and 29 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA T48
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 500 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,344 × 50 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 13: threshold displaced 335 ft, trees 45 ft high 170 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 336 ft, fence 4 ft high 125 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Terrell Municipal (10 nm south), Ralph M Hall/Rockwall Municipal (12 nm west), Majors Airport (14 nm northeast), Mesquite Metro Airport (17 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Airpark East (7 nm southwest), Terrell Municipal (10 nm south), Caddo Mills Municipal (10 nm north), Ralph M Hall/Rockwall Municipal (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
- VFR operations only.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Facility address: 10053 county road 2322, terrell, TX.
- Approach slope 5:1 to displaced thld; 13 feet building 67 feet 102 feet left.
- Approach slope 50:1 to displaced thld.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Rockwall from the FAA register
63 aircraft are registered to owners in Rockwall, Texas: 50 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 3 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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- No 1 British Flying Training School Museum INC 2 aircraft · Terrell, 11 miles away
- Runway Aviation Flight Training USA CORP 3 aircraft · Rockwall, 13 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
23 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 23 for private pilot, 23 for commercial and instrument, 17 for airline transport pilot, 20 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 20 for airplanes, 18 for multi-engine airplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 29 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 11 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 18 engineering representatives, 5 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 92 training center evaluators, 75 aircrew program designees, 5 training center examiners, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- John Albert Gordy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Royse City, TX (6 nm) · (214) 402-3531 · [email protected]
- John Michael Hardin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · terrell, TX (10 nm) · (903) 253-2539 · [email protected]
- Bradley Frank Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · GREENVILLE MAJORS AIRPORT · Greenville, TX (14 nm) · (903) 269-7006 · [email protected]
- Kenny James Seaman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Code 1 Flight Training · Wills Point, TX (16 nm) · (430) 306-4685 · [email protected]
- Jolynn Marie Davila private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wing Bird Aviation · Mesquite, TX (17 nm) · (817) 394-8182 · [email protected]
- David Richards private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · McKinney National Airport · McKinney, TX (26 nm) · (972) 565-2831 · [email protected]
- david campbell lewis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Allen, TX (28 nm) · (415) 690-0766 · [email protected]
- Martin Maxwell Cupp private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Coast Flight Training · Dallas, TX (32 nm) · (660) 247-0656 · [email protected]
All 271 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 Rockwall 63 aircraft · 50 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins
- Runway Aviation Flight Training USA CORP 3 aircraft in town
- Tl Lobo Group LLC 2 aircraft in town
- No 1 British Flying Training School Museum INC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Runway Aviation Flight Training USA CORP 3 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 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 29,938 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/T48.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 26, 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.