Culberson County
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Culberson County is a public-use airport owned by Culberson County, 3 miles northeast of Van Horn, Texas, 3,957 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 6,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and 1 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,480 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Culberson County?
Its FAA code is VHN, and its ICAO code is KVHN.
Where is Culberson County?
It is 3 miles northeast of Van Horn, Texas, 3,957 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Culberson County?
The longest of its 2 runways, 03/21, is 6,005 feet long.
Does Culberson County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Culberson County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Culberson County?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Rifle Garfield County. Every route
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 Culberson County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VHN · ICAO KVHN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Culberson County
- Elevation
- 3,957 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,005 × 76 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 5,353 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 10 ft high 270 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 12 ft high 258 ft from the end
- Runway 07: brush 15 ft high 276 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Vhn and aWOS-3PT | 119.925 | |
| El Paso A Center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 432-283-2418.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- tie-downs
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
- Activate PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- 10 feet brush, 30 feet dstc, 250 feet L.
- 10 feet brush, 0-200 feet dstc.
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from VHN in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers in 8 seats (0% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culberson County → Rifle Garfield County VHN–RIL | 1 | 0 | Jet Aviation Flight... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,480, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 3,000 |
| general aviation, local | 120 |
| military | 360 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Van Horn from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Van Horn, Texas: 3 piston singles. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Van Horn 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,065 in the last ten years
- Rifle Garfield County (RIL) 1 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VHN.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.