Covey Trails Airport
X09 · Fulshear, Texas · Fort Bend County · map
Covey Trails Airport is a public-use airport owned by Covey Trails Civic Club INC, 3 miles east of Fulshear, Texas, 130 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,352 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Covey Trails Airport?
Its FAA code is X09.
Where is Covey Trails Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Fulshear, Texas, 130 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Covey Trails Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,352 feet long, grass.
Does Covey Trails Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Covey Trails Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Ragwing Flyers LLC and Anson Air LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Covey Trails Airport?
16 pilot examiners and 40 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA X09
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Covey Trails Civic Club INC
- Elevation
- 130 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,352 × 100 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 17: VASI, two boxes on the left, threshold displaced 315 ft, tree on the approach
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 250 ft, tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Houston Executive (8 nm northwest), Sugar Land Regional (10 nm southeast), Lane Airpark (11 nm south), West Houston Airport (12 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Houston Executive (8 nm northwest), Sugar Land Regional (10 nm southeast), Lane Airpark (11 nm south), West Houston Airport (12 nm northeast).
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
- Provided airport traffic pattern must maintain base legs and turns to final approach within 0.75 NM of the runway ends, and the special siap will remain until the reimbursable agreement is cancelled or ftw fpo is requested to publish it.
- Rtg beacon DUSK-2200.
- DUSK-2200. Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 aft 2200 - the common traffic frequency.
- Chris mallory, president, Covey Trails civic club.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; 2800 feet of runway lighted at night between displaced thlds.
- Approach slope 7:1 to displaced threshold ovr 33 feet tree 115 feet from displaced threshold 96 feet left.
- Approach slope 7:1 to displaced threshold.
- Soft areas, unretracted sprinkler heads on runway.
- Base legs and turns to final approach must be within.75 NM of the runway ends.
- Student tng prohibited.
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 Fulshear from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Fulshear, Texas: 13 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Ragwing Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Richmond, 9 miles away
- Anson Air LLC 11 aircraft · Sugar Land, 14 miles away Anson Aviation is a flight school in Sugar Land, Texas that provides pilot training from private pilot through flight instructor certification, aircraft rental, and FAA Part 145 maintenance services.
Charter operators and airlines based in Fulshear:
- Firebird Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 12 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 40 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 16 training center evaluators, 8 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Sarah Chantal Rovner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brookshire, TX (12 nm) · (832) 464-5995 · [email protected]
- Joseph Henry Kapocsi private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Spring, TX (27 nm) · (281) 380-5808 · [email protected]
- Paul Oconnell instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Hooks Airport · Spring, TX (27 nm) · (281) 446-3133 · [email protected]
- Allen Salibo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pearland Regional Airport · Pearland, TX (28 nm) · (713) 299-3583 · [email protected]
- Brian Jay Sheatz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · COASTAL SKIES AERO CLUB · Pearland, TX (28 nm) · (281) 455-9911 · [email protected]
- Corey Deshawn Shepard private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Houston, TX (31 nm) · (713) 373-6389 · [email protected]
- Daryl Gene Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Houston, TX (31 nm) · (713) 824-8021 · [email protected]
- Erik Daniel Kessler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Houston, TX (31 nm) · (346) 552-1079 · [email protected]
All 104 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 10 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fulshear 18 aircraft · 13 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Firebird Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Ragwing Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Anson Air LLC 11 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- 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/X09.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.