Marfa Municipal Airport


Marfa Municipal Airport is three miles north of Marfa in Presidio County, Texas. There is currently no scheduled airline service to the airport; until 1960 Trans-Texas DC-3s stopped at the former Marfa AAF, now abandoned, at 30.256N 103.882W east of Marfa.

Facilities

Marfa Municipal Airport covers at an elevation of 4,849 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 13/31 is 6,214 by 75 feet and 4/22 is 5,307 by 75 feet. A third runway, 9/27, is 2,825 by 60 feet dirt.
In the year ending April 23, 2007 the airport had 15,000 aircraft operations, average 41 per day, all general aviation. 18 aircraft were then based at the airport: 61% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 33% glider.

Glider activity

In April 2008 the Marfa Airport was recognized as the 15th National Landmark of Soaring by the National Soaring Museum.
offers sailplane flight training and glider rides all year and hosts a soaring camp in spring.