Tailwheel Acres Airport
X16 · Valley View, Texas · Cooke County · map
Tailwheel Acres Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles east of Valley View, Texas, 679 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,450 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA X16
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 679 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2006
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,450 × 125 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: road 16 ft high 8 ft from the end
- Runway 36: fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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.
Aircraft registered in Valley View from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Valley View, Texas: 17 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 5 feet farm fence air carriers approach, also 20 feet trees 44 feet dstc.
- Runway marked with 3 feet diam white cones alg both sides.
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.