Menard County
T50 · Menard, Texas · Menard County · map
Menard County is a public-use airport owned by Menard County, 3 miles northwest of Menard, Texas, 1,933 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,100 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Menard County?
Its FAA code is T50.
Where is Menard County?
It is 3 miles northwest of Menard, Texas, 1,933 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Menard County?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,100 feet long, asphalt.
Does Menard County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Menard County?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Menard County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA T50
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Menard County
- Elevation
- 1,933 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,100 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 480 ft, trees 18 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 12 ft high 394 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kimble County (25 nm south), Curtis Field (29 nm northeast), San Angelo Rgnl/Mathis Field (44 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kimble County (25 nm south), Curtis Field (29 nm northeast), Mason County (34 nm east), Eldorado Airport (42 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst; to incr intst activate the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 15 and 33 operators continuously.
- 8 feet fence 130 feet from threshold.
- Markings FADED-BARELY visible.
- Markings FADED-BARELY visible.
- PAPI out of service
- PAPI out of service.
- Approach ratio 26:1 at displaced threshold ovr 25 feet tree, 660 feet dstc, 180 feet L.
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 Menard from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Menard, Texas: 2 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Jonathan Earl Shorey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Skyline Aviation, Inc. · San Angelo, TX (44 nm) · (325) 262-2513 · [email protected]
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 Menard 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- 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 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/T50.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 27, 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.