# Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA / KAMA)

**Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport** (IATA: AMA, ICAO: KAMA) is a medium airport in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It opened in 1929. It has 2 runways; the longest is 13,502 ft (4,115 m). In 2025 it handled 828 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kama

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AMA / KAMA
- FAA: AMA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Amarillo, Texas, United States
- Opened: 1929
- Elevation: 3,607 ft / 1,099 m
- Coordinates: 35.2179, -101.7064
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 13,502 ft / 4,115 m
- Instrument procedures: 17 approaches
- Passengers: 828,192 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://airport.amarillo.gov
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Husband_Amarillo_International_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1570890
- Weather station: KAMA · WMO 72363
- Ident: KAMA

## Timeline

- 1929: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 13,502 ft / 4,115 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 13/31 | 7,901 ft / 2,408 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 137° / 317° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00019AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 709,459 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 694,766 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 683,940 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 739,835 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 732,402 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 359,685 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 636,090 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 755,732 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 834,192 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 834,916 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 828,192 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [DAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdal.md) Dallas Love Field · United States · 323 mi / 520 km · Southwest Airlines
- [AUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaus.md) Austin Bergstrom International Airport · United States · 419 mi / 674 km · Southwest Airlines
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 757 mi / 1,218 km · Southwest Airlines

### Seasonal (2)

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 311 mi / 501 km · American Airlines
- [HOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khou.md) William P. Hobby Airport · United States · 537 mi / 864 km · Southwest Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AMA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- WN [Southwest Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwest-airlines) · 4
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 828K (2025) | #902 of 3,974 | #217 in North America | #153 in US |
| Longest runway | 13,502 ft / 4,115 m | =70 of 29,858 | =24 in North America | =19 in US |
| Elevation | 3,607 ft / 1,099 m | #4,192 of 43,403 | #2,207 in North America | #1,731 in US |
| Age | Opened 1929 | =369 of 15,079 | =78 in North America | =75 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 121.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.850 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.650 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | FORT WORTH RDO | 122.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [TDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktdw.md) Tradewind Airport · 7.5 mi / 12 km
- [1E4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1e4.md) Palo Duro Airport · 9.1 mi / 15 km
- [H81](https://dromopedia.com/airports/h81.md) River Falls Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [XS39](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3045.md) Evans Aerodrome · 9.8 mi / 16 km
- [2TX0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2tx0.md) Blue Sky Airfield · 13 mi / 22 km
- [1E7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1e7.md) Buffalo Airport · 14 mi / 23 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #70

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Husband_Amarillo_International_Airport&oldid=1365342405), revision of 21 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kama/data