Coulter Field
{{Short description|Airport in Texas, United States}}
{{For|the Bishop's University stadium|Coulter Field (Bishop's)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Coulter Field
| image =
| IATA = CFD
| ICAO = KCFD
| FAA = CFD
| pushpin_map = Texas
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_label = CFD
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| type = Public
| owner = City of Bryan
| operator =
| city-served = Bryan, Texas
| location =
| elevation-f = 367
| elevation-m = 112
| coordinates = {{coord|30|42|56|N|096|19|53|W|region:US_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline, title}}
| website =
| r1-number = 15/33
| r1-length-f = 4,000
| r1-length-m = 1,219
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 17/35
| r2-length-f = 1,330
| r2-length-m = 405
| r2-surface = Turf (Closed)
| stat-year = 2023
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 4/8/2023)
| stat1-data = 16,200
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 69
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=CFD|use=PU|own=PU|site=23506.*A}}, effective 2023-10-05.
}}
Coulter Field {{airport codes|CFD|KCFD|CFD}} is a public airport three miles northeast of Bryan, in Brazos County, Texas. It is owned by the City of Bryan which is part of the Bryan-College Station area. The airport is used for general aviation.
History
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Coulter Field has a long history with sport parachuting, with parachute jumps having been conducted since the mid-1950s. Ags Over Texas (AOT) was the home of the Texas A&M University skydiving team until its closure in 1999. In March 2002, Skydive Aggieland opened and is the current home of the Texas A&M University skydiving club. Texas governor Rick Perry completed a successful static-line skydive at AOT while he was attending Texas A&M University in the 1970s and former president George H. W. Bush (41) completed a tandem skydive at Coulter Field in cooperation with Skydive Aggieland and the Golden Knights a day prior to completing his last jump at his Presidential Library on Texas A&M University main campus.
Facilities
Coulter Field covers {{convert|256|acre|ha}} at an elevation of 367 feet (112 m). Its runway, 15/33, is 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=30.719836&lon=-96.333881&z=18&l=0&m=b&v=8 Aerial photo] A former turf runway, 17/35 is closed.
In the year ending April 8, 2023, the airport had 16,200 general aviation aircraft operations, average 44 per day. 73 aircraft were then based at the airport: 61 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 3 jet, and 2 helicopter.
See also
References
External links
- {{cite web|url= http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/avn/airport_directory/cfd.pdf |title=Coulter Field (CFD) }} at Texas DOT Airport Directory
- {{FAA-procedures|CFD}}
- {{US-airport-minor|CFD|CFD}}
{{Bryan, Texas}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Brazos County, Texas