Texas | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Texas

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
129

Based business aircraft available for charter:
717

Business air charter brokers:
58

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 407	35
2	Citation X	32
3	Challenger 300	30
4	Citation 650	26
5	Beechcraft King Air 200	26
6	Citation 560XL	26
7	Learjet 60	23
8	Hawker 750/800/900	22
9	Cessna Caravan	19
10	Beechcraft King Air 90	19
11	Pilatus PC-12	18
12	Embraer Phenom 300	18
13	Airbus Helicopters H215/H225/AS332	18
14	Bell 206B JetRanger	17
15	Learjet 45	17
16	Citation 560	15
17	Gulfstream GIV	14
18	Beechcraft King Air 300	14
19	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	13
20	Embraer EMB 120	12
21	Falcon 2000 EASy	12
22	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	11
23	Cessna Citation CJ3	11
24	Challenger 604	10
25	Robinson R66	10
26	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	9
27	Gulfstream G500/G550	9
28	Citation 550/551	8
29	Citation Sovereign	8
30	Beechjet 400	8
31	Global 6000/Express/XRS	7
32	Gulfstream G400/G450	7
33	Airbus Helicopters H130	7
34	Falcon 20/200	7
35	Gulfstream G650	6
36	Cessna Citation CJ4	6
37	Falcon 900EASy	6
38	Cessna 400 series	6
39	Learjet 70/75	6
40	Bell 206L LongRanger	6
41	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	6
42	Gulfstream GV	6
43	Beechcraft Twin Piston	6
44	Learjet 40	5
45	Global 5000	5
46	Challenger 605	5
47	De Havilland DHC-8 D	5
48	Embraer Legacy 600/650	5
49	Falcon 50	4
50	Embraer ERJ-135	4
51	Bell 429	4
52	Boeing B-737	4
53	Citation M2	4
54	Falcon 900	4
55	Gulfstream G280	4
56	Falcon 7X	3
57	Cessna Citation CJ2	3
58	IAI Westwind	3
59	Piper twin piston	3
60	Saab 2000	3
61	Global 7500	3
62	HondaJet	2
63	Daher Kodiak	2
64	Citation 500/501	2
65	Learjet 35/36	2
66	MDH 500	2
67	Challenger 601	2
68	Airbus Helicopters H135	2
69	Gulfstream G700	2
70	Nextant 400XT	2
71	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
72	Falcon 2000	2
73	Airbus Helicopters H145	2
74	Sikorsky S-76	2
75	Learjet 55	2
76	Beechcraft 99	2
77	Bell 412	2
78	Cessna 441	1
79	Citation Latitude	1
80	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	1
81	Agusta A109	1
82	TBM700/850/900	1
83	Boeing B-757	1
84	Learjet 24/25	1
85	Tecnam P2006T	1
86	Viking DHC-6	1
87	ATR42/72	1
88	Embraer Praetor 600	1
89	Citation Longitude	1
90	P180 Avanti	1
91	Challenger 800 series	1
92	Embraer Legacy 500	1
93	Citation Mustang	1
94	Bell 430	1
95	Beechcraft King Air 100	1
96	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	1
97	Eurocopter BK117	1
98	Pilatus PC-24	1
99	Airbus Helicopters H155B	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Dallas (Love Field)	61 business aviation companies active
2	Houston (William P Hobby)	41
3	Dallas (Addison)	39
4	Fort Worth (Meacham International)	33
5	San Antonio International	30
6	Austin (Bergstrom)	23
7	Dallas (Fort Worth)	17
8	Fort Worth (Perot Field/Alliance)	16
9	Denton Enterprise	15
10	Houston (Sugar Land Regional)	14
11	McKinney (National)	14
12	Conroe (North Houston Regional)	14
13	Dallas (Executive)	14
14	Houston (Bush Intercontinental)	13
15	Houston (David Wayne Hooks Memorial)	12
16	Austin Executive	12
17	Georgetown Executive	10
18	Arlington Municipal	10
19	El Paso International	10
20	Amarillo (Rick Husband International)	10
21	Grand Prairie Municipal	8
22	Houston Executive	8
23	Houston (Ellington Field)	8
24	Decatur Municipal	7
25	Fort Worth Spinks	7
26	Longview (East Texas Regional)	7
27	Midland International	7
28	Lubbock (Preston Smith)	7
29	Corpus Christi International	7
30	Tyler Pounds Regional	6
31	Houston (Pearland Regional)	6
32	West Houston	6
33	San Marcos Regional	6
34	South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo	6
35	Uvalde (Garner Field)	5
36	Temple (Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional)	5
37	Mesquite Metro	5
38	Kerrville (Louis Schreiner Field)	5
39	Wichita Falls Regional	5
40	McAllen International	5
41	Beaumont/Port Arthur (Jack Brooks Regional)	5
42	Waco (McGregor Executive)	4
43	Midlothian/Waxahachie (Mid Way Regional)	4
44	Sherman/Denison (North Texas Regional/Perrin Field)	4
45	New Braunfels National	4
46	Abilene Regional	4
47	Brenham Municipal	4
48	Angleton/Lake Jackson (Texas Gulf Coast Regional)	4
49	College Station (Easterwood Field)	4
50	Waco Regional	4
51	San Angelo (Mathis Field)	4
52	Laredo International	4
53	Galveston (Scholes International)	4
54	Brownsville (South Padre Island)	4
55	Sonora (JL Bar Ranch)	3
56	San Antonio	3
57	Dublin (Quahadi Field)	3
58	Terrell Municipal	3
59	Amarillo (Tradewind)	3
60	Stephenville Clark Regional	3
61	Rockport (Aransas County)	3
62	Paris (Cox Field)	3
63	Mineral Wells Regional	3
64	Midland Airpark	3
65	Mineola/Quitman (Wood County)	3
66	Greenville (Majors)	3
67	Gainesville Municipal	3
68	Granbury Regional	3
69	Rockwall Municipal	3
70	Center Municipal	3
71	Alpine Casparis Municipal	3
72	Wichita Falls (Kickapoo Downtown)	3
73	Corsicana (C David Campbell Field)	3
74	Cleburne Regional	3
75	Waco (TSTC)	3
76	Bay City Municipal	3
77	Houston Southwest	3
78	Smithville Crawford Municipal	3
79	San Antonio (Boerne Stage Field)	3
80	San Antonio (Stinson Municipal)	3
81	Harlingen (Valley International)	3
82	San Antonio (Kelly Field)	3
83	Garland/DFW Heliport	2
84	Weatherford (Parker County)	2
85	Seguin (Huber Airpark Civic Club)	2
86	Fate (5-State Heliport)	2
87	Amarillo (River Falls)	2
88	Canadian (Flap-Air Helicopter Services Heliport)	2
89	Van Horn (Culberson County)	2
90	Ingleside (McCampbell-Porter)	2
91	Weslaco (Mid Valley)	2
92	Sweetwater (Avenger Field)	2
93	Snyder (Winston Field)	2
94	Sulphur Springs Municipal	2
95	Perryton Ochiltree County	2
96	Plainview (Hale County)	2
97	Palacios Municipal	2
98	Palestine Municipal	2
99	Pampa (Perry Lefors Field)	2
100	Port Isabel Cameron County	2
101	Pecos Municipal	2
102	Ozona Municipal	2
103	Mount Pleasant Regional	2
104	Olney Municipal	2
105	Odessa-Schlemeyer Field	2
106	Nacogdoches (A L Mangham Jr. Regional)	2
107	Marfa Municipal	2
108	Hamilton Municipal	2
109	Comanche County City	2
110	Lancaster	2
111	Lufkin (Angelina County)	2
112	Jacksonville (Cherokee County)	2
113	Jasper County Airport-Bell Field	2
114	Winkler County	2
115	Killeen (Skylark Field)	2
116	Kingsville (Kleberg County)	2
117	City of Tulia-Swisher County Municipal	2
118	Hereford Municipal	2
119	Canadian (Hemphill County)	2
120	Fort Hood/Killeen (Killeen–Fort Hood Regional)	2
121	Fort Stockton Pecos County	2
122	Graford (Possum Kingdom)	2
123	Vernon (Wilbarger County)	2
124	South Texas International at Edinburg	2
125	Spearman (Major Samuel B Cornelius Field)	2
126	Big Lake (Reagan County)	2
127	Andrews County	2
128	Horseshoe Bay Resort	2
129	Dumas (Moore County)	2
130	Dalhart Municipal	2
131	Carrizo Springs (Dimmit County)	2
132	Castroville Municipal	2
133	Cotulla-La Salle County	2
134	Coleman Municipal	2
135	Bryan (Coulter Field)	2
136	Childress Municipal	2
137	Brownwood Regional	2
138	Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle	2
139	Burnet Municipal/ Kate Craddock Field	2
140	Falfurrias (Brooks County)	2
141	Borger (Hutchinson County)	2
142	Brownfield (Terry County)	2
143	Brady (Curtis Field)	2
144	Marshall (Harrison County)	2
145	Wharton Regional	2
146	Zapata County	2
147	Alice International	2
148	Dryden (Terrell County)	2
149	Cleveland Municipal	2
150	Floydada Municipal	2
151	La Grange (Fayette Regional Air Center)	2
152	Muleshoe Municipal	2
153	Lamesa Municipal	2
154	Devine Municipal	2
155	Fredericksburg (Gillespie County)	2
156	Fort Worth (Hicks Field)	2
157	Eagle Pass (Maverick County Memorial)	2
158	Del Rio International	2
159	Palestine (Briar Lakes Ranch)	1
160	Sudan (Fairview Field)	1
161	Frost (Rowdy T Ranch)	1
162	Campbellton (74 Ranch)	1
163	Lubbock (Rememberance)	1
164	Big Spring (Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch)	1
165	Winnie (Griffith Ranch)	1
166	Falfurrias (Cage Ranch)	1
167	Hurst (Bell Helicopter Hurst Heliport)	1
168	Rosharon (Songbird Ranch)	1
169	Armstrong Ranch	1
170	Beeville (Chase Field)	1
171	Ackerly (Coleman Cattle Company Nr 1)	1
172	Medina (Cinco B. Ranch)	1
173	Agua Dulce (Old Hoppe Place)	1
174	Round Mountain (Morsund Ranch)	1
175	Trenton (Tri-County)	1
176	Dallas CBD Vertiport	1
177	Air Force Plant 4	1
178	Colorado City	1
179	Lago Vista Tx Rusty Allen	1
180	Port Aransas (Mustang Beach)	1
181	Junction (Kimble County)	1
182	Seminole (Gaines County)	1
183	Lubbock Executive Airpark	1
184	Harrison Field of Knox City	1
185	Crockett Houston County	1
186	Dell City Municipal	1
187	Marfa (MacGuire Ranch)	0
188	Santa Fe (Republic Helicopters, Inc Heliport)	0
189	Cut and Shoot (Chennault)	0
190	Bridgeport Municipal	0
191	Friona Benger Air Park	0
192	Sunray	0
193	Victoria Regional	0
194	Huntsville Regional	0
195	Follett Lipscomb County	0
196	Mason County	0
197	Winnie/Stowell Chambers County Winnie Stowell	0
198	Yoakum Municipal	0
199	Liberty Municipal	0
200	Taylor Municipal	0
201	Spofford Laughlin Air Force Base Auxiliary Nr 1	0
202	Sinton Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas	0
203	Aspermont Stonewall County	0
204	Wheeler Municipal	0
205	Dimmitt Municipal	0
206	Rosenberg Lane Airpark	0
207	Houston Dan Jones International	0
208	Menard County	0
209	Panhandle Carson County	0
210	La Porte Municipal	0
211	Archer City Municipal	0
212	Cameron Municipal Airpark	0
213	Mc Kinney Aero Country	0
214	Pearsall (Mc Kinley Field)	0
215	El Paso (Horizon)	0
216	Pineland Municipal	0
217	Albany Municipal	0
218	Gonzales Roger M. Dreyer Memorial	0
219	Duval Freer	0
220	New Gulf	0
221	Marlin	0
222	Kirbyville	0
223	Port Mansfield Charles R Johnson	0
224	Anahuac Chambers County	0
225	Sherman Municipal	0
226	Sonora Municipal	0
227	Seguin Randolph Air Force Base Auxiliary	0
228	Caldwell Municipal	0
229	Graham Municipal	0
230	Universal City Randolph Air Force Base	0
231	Henderson Rusk County	0
232	Refugio Rooke Field	0
233	Rockdale H H Coffield Regional	0
234	Robstown Nueces County	0
235	Port Lavaca (Calhoun County)	0
236	Pleasanton Municipal	0
237	Orange County	0
238	Corpus Christi Waldron Field Nolf	0
239	Kingsville Naval Air Station	0
240	Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing Field	0
241	Corpus Christi (Cabaniss Field Nolf)	0
242	Corpus Christi Naval Air Station/Truax Field	0
243	Lampasas	0
244	Mexia Limestone County	0
245	Levelland Municipal	0
246	Littlefield Municipal	0
247	Hearne Municipal	0
248	Clarksville Red River City-J D Trissell Field	0
249	Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal	0
250	Hillsboro Municipal	0
251	Baytown	0
252	Fort Hood(Killeen) Hood Army Air Field	0
253	Hebbronville (Jim Hogg County)	0
254	Stratford Field	0
255	Cisco Gregory M. Simmons Memorial	0
256	Giddings Lee County	0
257	Gatesville Municipal	0
258	Plains (Yoakum County)	0
259	Seagraves	0
260	Morton Cochran County	0
261	Abernathy Municipal	0
262	Air Park Dallas	0
263	Stamford Arledge Field	0
264	Mount Vernon Franklin County	0
265	Winnsboro Municipal	0
266	Slaton Municipal	0
267	Nocona	0
268	Athens Municipal	0
269	Ennis Municipal	0
270	Memphis Municipal	0
271	Wichita Falls Wichita Valley	0
272	Wellington Marian Airpark	0
273	Quanah Municipal	0
274	Bonham Jones Field	0
275	Houston Weiser Air Park	0
276	Eastland Municipal	0
277	Eagle Lake	0
278	Rocksprings Edwards County	0
279	Denver City	0
280	Vega Oldham County	0
281	Mc Camey Upton County	0
282	Fabens	0
283	Clarendon Smiley Johnson Municipal Airport-Bass Field	0
284	Ballinger Bruce Field	0
285	Gruver Municipal	0
286	Crane County	0
287	Monahans Roy Hurd Memorial	0
288	Abilene Dyess Air Force Base	0
289	Del Rio Laughlin Air Force Base	0
290	Beaumont Municipal	0
291	Breckenridge (Stephens County)	0
292	Fort Bliss/El Paso Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)	0
293	Beeville Municipal	0
294	Atlanta (Hall Miller Municipal)	0
295	Llano Municipal	0
296	Porter Williams	0
297	Fort Worth Sycamore Strip	0
298	Dublin Municipal	0
299	Wharton Lackey Aviation	0
300	San Antonio San (Geronimo Airpark)	0
301	George West Live Oak County	0
302	Daingerfield Greater Morris County	0
303	Crosbyton Municipal	0
304	Spicewood	0
305	San Saba County Municipal	0
306	Midland (Skywest Inc)	0
307	Clifton Municipal Isenhower Field	0
308	Canton Hackney	0
309	Caddo Mills Municipal	0
310	San Augustine County	0
311	Winters Municipal	0
312	Wills Point Van Zandt County Regional	0
313	Throckmorton Municipal	0
314	Teague Municipal	0
315	Rio Grande City Municipal	0
316	Columbus Robert R Wells Jr	0
317	Stanton Municipal	0
318	Newton Municipal	0
319	Navasota Municipal	0
320	Seymour Municipal	0
321	Post Garza County Municipal	0
322	Rotan/Roby Fisher County	0
323	Baytown (RWJ Airpark)	0
324	Robert Lee	0
325	Roanoke Northwest Regional	0
326	Madisonville Municipal	0
327	Lockhart Municipal	0
328	Fort Worth Bourland Field	0
329	Fort Worth (Kenneth Copeland)	0
330	Carthage Panola County Sharpe Field	0
331	Leakey Real County	0
332	Kountze/Silsbee Hawthorne Field	0
333	Austin Lakeway Airpark	0
334	Mineola Wisener Field	0
335	Paducah Dan E Richards Municipal	0
336	Cisco Municipal	0
337	Miami Roberts County	0
338	Munday Municipal	0
339	Hallettsville Municipal	0
340	Groveton Trinity County	0
341	Kenedy Karnes County	0
342	Commerce Municipal	0
343	Tahoka T Bar	0
344	Shamrock Municipal	0
345	Iraan Municipal	0
346	Mc Lean Gray County	0
347	Gruver Cluck Ranch	0
348	Eldorado	0
349	Edna Jackson County	0
350	Dilley Airpark	0
351	Jefferson Cypress River	0
352	Jayton Kent County	0
353	Jacksboro Municipal	0
354	Crystal City Municipal	0
355	Higgins-Lipscomb County	0
356	San Antonio (Kestrel Airpark)	0
357	Haskell Municipal	0
358	Hamlin Municipal	0
359	Bowie Municipal	0
360	Woodville Tyler County	0
361	Bishop Municipal	0
362	Gladewater Municipal	0
363	Livingston Municipal	0
364	Kaufman Hall	0
365	Lake Dallas (Lakeview)	0
366	Fort Worth (Naval Air Base JRB)	0
367	Presidio (Lely International)	0

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