# Gum Island Airport (3TE1)

**Gum Island Airport** (FAA: 3TE1) is a small airport in Dayton, Texas, United States. It opened in Aug 1971. It has one runway, 2,500 ft (762 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/3te1

## At a glance

- FAA: 3TE1
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Dayton, Texas, United States
- Opened: Aug 1971
- Elevation: 53 ft / 16 m
- Coordinates: 29.9516, -94.9044
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 ft / 762 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35261965
- Weather station: KT78
- Ident: 3TE1

## Timeline

- Aug 1971: Gum Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 ft / 762 m | =20,464 of 29,858 | =9,064 in North America | =7,805 in US |
| Elevation | 53 ft / 16 m | =39,047 of 43,403 | =17,717 in North America | =14,655 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [21TE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/21te.md) Seaberg Ranch Airport · 4.4 mi / 7.1 km
- [TA07](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ta07.md) Jet Ag Inc Airport · 5.4 mi / 8.6 km
- [4TX0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4tx0.md) Slack Airport · 7.4 mi / 12 km
- [9TA3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ta3.md) Rogers Airport · 7.5 mi / 12 km
- [4TE6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4te6.md) Jamison Airstrip · 8.1 mi / 13 km
- [1XS1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1xs1.md) Dunham Field · 8.6 mi / 14 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/3te1/data