METAR & TAF KEFD
Current METAR
Observed 12:54Z
KEFD 101254Z 00000KT 10SM FEW025 28/25 A3002
- Wind
- 000° @ 0 kt
- Visibility
- 10 SM
- Temp / Dew
- 28°C / 25°C
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Clouds
- FEW
- Density alt
- 1,476 ft
- Ceiling
- Unlimited
- Rules
- VFR
Airport info & contacts
Manager on record, flight service, ARTCC, attendance schedule and pattern altitude — published by the FAA and refreshed every 28 days.
Location
- From city
- 15 NM SE
- VFR sectional
- HOUSTON
- Pattern altitude
- 600 ft AGL · 633 ft MSL
- ARTCC
- ZHU · HOUSTON
- NOTAM facility
- EFD (NOTAM-D)
Airport manager
Not published.
Flight service · Hours
- FSS FTW
- FORT WORTH1-800-WX-BRIEF
Frequencies
Tap any row to copy the frequency to your clipboard.
Runways & pattern
Full pagePattern entry · RWY —
| Runway | Heading (°M) | Length | Surface | Traffic |
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Approaches & charts
Services on the field
Fuel grades, oxygen, maintenance, ramp storage and lighting — as declared to the FAA by the airport operator.
Fuel & services
- Fuel
- 100LLA
- Oxygen (bottled)
- Low pressure
- Oxygen (bulk)
- Low pressure
- Airframe repair
- Major
- Power plant repair
- Major
- Other services
- CARGO,INSTR,RNTL
Ramp & ground
- Transient storage
- Tie-down
- Lighting schedule
- SS-SR
- Beacon schedule
- SS-SR
- Beacon
- White / Green (civil land)(WG)
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
- Segmented circle
- No
Fuel & FBOs
Cheapest 100LL and Jet A on the field and nearby. Always confirm with the FBO before taxi.
Airport notes
Surface conditions, obstructions, local procedures, lighting outages and other notes published with each FAA cycle.
VFR map & nearby airports
VFR sectional. Tap any ICAO chip to open that airport.
Key facts · KEFD
Answer card- ICAO
- KEFD
- Name
- ELLINGTON
- Location
- HOUSTON, TEXAS
- Elevation
- 32.5 ft MSL
- Traffic pattern altitude
- 632.5 ft MSL (600 AGL)
- Control tower
- Towered · 24
- Total runways
- 0
- Longest runway
- –
- Published ILS approaches
- 0
- Published frequencies
- 0
- Magnetic variation
- 5°
- Current flight rules
- VFR
- Current wind
- 000° at 0 kt
- Favored runway now
- –
Ellington is in Houston, Texas. Field elevation is 32.5 ft MSL. The airport has 3 concrete runways. The longest is 9,001 ft on 17R/35L. The control tower is open 24 hours. There are 3 ILS approaches available. Pattern altitude is 600 ft AGL, which is 632.5 ft MSL.
For fuel, Signature Aviation is on the field. It carries 100LL and Jet A. On the Fly is also on the field. It carries 100LL. This is a busy controlled field with military and NASA activity noted in the published remarks. Runway 04/22 is described as the primary runway when the airport remains tower controlled. Runway 17L/35R is not available for certain scheduled passenger operations. Noise sensitive areas are south and east of the field. Jet traffic has published night restrictions, so check the current Chart Supplement before planning late arrivals or departures.
The field sits in Ellington Class D airspace. UAS operations also occur within that airspace. First-time arrivals should review the current airport remarks before flight, especially if you are planning a jet arrival, a night operation, or anything involving arresting gear on the runway system.