Wheeler Municipal
T59 · Wheeler, Texas · Wheeler County · map
Wheeler Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wheeler Tx, 4 miles east of Wheeler, Texas, 2,470 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,565 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA T59
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wheeler Tx
- Elevation
- 2,470 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,565 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 57 ft, road 20 ft high 564 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Amarillo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 |
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Aircraft registered in Wheeler from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Wheeler, Texas: 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Public works director
- Approach slope 31:1 to displaced thld.
- 10 feet rising trrn 100 feet both sides of centerline.
- Runway pavement cracking with vegetation growing through.
- Low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 nmrs lts out of service.
- 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.