# Elgin Intracontinental Airport (56TS)

**Elgin Intracontinental Airport** (FAA: 56TS) is a small airport in Elgin, Texas, United States. It opened in Feb 1987. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,050 ft (320 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/56ts

## At a glance

- FAA: 56TS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Elgin, Texas, United States
- Opened: Feb 1987
- Elevation: 558 ft / 170 m
- Coordinates: 30.3338, -97.3505
- Runways: 3
- Helipads: 2
- Longest runway: 1,050 ft / 320 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35254514
- Weather station: KEDC
- Ident: 56TS

## Timeline

- Feb 1987: Elgin Intracontinental Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,050 ft / 320 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Grass |  |  |
| 17/35 | 850 ft / 259 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Grass |  |  |
| 02/20 | 650 ft / 198 m | 25 ft / 8 m | Grass |  |  |

- Also 2 helipads.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,050 ft / 320 m | =29,321 of 29,858 | =15,103 in North America | =13,558 in US |
| Elevation | 558 ft / 170 m | =26,093 of 43,403 | =12,528 in North America | =10,454 in US |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =6,972 in North America | =6,861 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

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## 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/56ts/data