# Childress Municipal Airport (CDS / KCDS)

**Childress Municipal Airport** (IATA: CDS, ICAO: KCDS) is a medium airport in Childress, Texas, United States. It opened in Jul 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,949 ft (1,813 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CDS / KCDS
- FAA: CDS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Childress, Texas, United States
- Opened: Jul 1943
- Elevation: 1,954 ft / 596 m
- Coordinates: 34.4338, -100.2880
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,949 ft / 1,813 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/dtpp/search/results/?cycle=2005&ident=CDS
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childress_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274003
- Weather station: KCDS · WMO 72366
- Ident: KCDS

## Timeline

- Jul 1943: Childress Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,949 ft / 1,813 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 182° / 002° | yes |
| 04/22 | 4,425 ft / 1,349 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 047° / 227° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,949 ft / 1,813 m | #4,773 of 29,858 | #1,423 in North America | #1,118 in US |
| Elevation | 1,954 ft / 596 m | #9,142 of 43,403 | #4,141 in North America | #3,137 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.125 |
| CNTR | FORT WORTH CNTR | 133.500 |
| RDO | FORT WORTH RDO | 122.450 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kcds/data