Tsa
TA11 · Midlothian, Texas · Ellis County · map
Tsa is a private gliderport owned by Texas Soaring Association, 5 miles southeast of Midlothian, Texas, 660 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,300 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TA11
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Texas Soaring Association
- Elevation
- 660 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Saturday to Sunday to THRU, 10:00 am to dusk
- 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
- January 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,300 × 400 ft | Grass |
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Midlothian from the FAA register
184 aircraft are registered to owners in Midlothian, Texas: 134 piston singles, 17 gliders, 12 piston twins, 9 business jets, 8 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this gliderport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Mid-Way Regional (7 nm northeast), Colonel Bobby Waddle/Desoto Heliport (17 nm northeast), Arlington Municipal (17 nm north), Hillsboro Municipal (18 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mid-Way Regional (7 nm northeast), Colonel Bobby Waddle/Desoto Heliport (17 nm northeast), Arlington Municipal (17 nm north), Hillsboro Municipal (18 nm south).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Midlothian, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Midlothian, by their names on the register:
- Texas Soaring Association INC 12 aircraft Texas Soaring Association is a flying club based in Midlothian, Texas that operates glider aircraft.
- Texas Soaring Association 1 aircraft Texas Soaring Association is a flying club based in Midlothian, Texas that operates glider aircraft.
Repair stations in Midlothian:
Companies in the same town as this gliderport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR operations only.
Connections how this gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Midlothian 184 aircraft · 134 piston singles, 17 gliders, 12 piston twins
- Texas Soaring Association INC 12 aircraft in town
- Airborne Holdings INC 8 aircraft in town
- Airborne Resources INC 6 aircraft in town
- Rodney William Debaun Family LP 3 aircraft in town
- Above the Rest Aircraft Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Texas Soaring Association INC 12 aircraft · flying club
- Texas Soaring Association 1 aircraft · flying club
- Nova Avionics · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,068 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 29,860 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TA11.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 9, 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.