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Flying W Airport

TE08 · Wingate, Texas · Nolan County · map

Flying W Airport is a private airport, 7 miles northwest of Wingate, Texas, 2,200 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,100 feet of grass.

The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA TE08
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
2,200 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
Magnetic variation
8E
In the FAA's files since
July 1987

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1735N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
17/352,100 × 25 ftGrass
  • Runway 17: hill 40 ft high 400 ft from the end
  • Runway 35: fence 4 ft high 20 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Wingate from the FAA register

4 aircraft are registered to owners in Wingate, Texas: 2 piston singles, 2 drones. 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

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.