# Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport (ALE / E38)

**Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport** (IATA: ALE, FAA: E38) is a small airport in Alpine, Texas, United States. It opened in Oct 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,002 ft (1,829 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke38

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ALE / —
- FAA: E38
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Alpine, Texas, United States
- Opened: Oct 1937
- Elevation: 4,514 ft / 1,376 m
- Coordinates: 30.3842, -103.6840
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,002 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.ci.alpine.tx.us/airport.shtml
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine%E2%80%93Casparis_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4735469
- Weather station: KE38
- Ident: KE38

## Timeline

- Oct 1937: Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 6,002 ft / 1,829 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 023° / 203° | yes |
| 05/23 | 5,018 ft / 1,530 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

- 01/19 slopes 1.1%: threshold 19 at 4,449 ft / 1,356 m, threshold 01 at 4,514 ft / 1,376 m.
- 05/23 slopes 1.2%: threshold 23 at 4,448 ft / 1,356 m, threshold 05 at 4,510 ft / 1,375 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,002 ft / 1,829 m | =4,565 of 29,858 | =1,267 in North America | =995 in US |
| Elevation | 4,514 ft / 1,376 m | #2,647 of 43,403 | #1,412 in North America | #1,105 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.025 |
| FSS | SAN ANGELO RDO | 115.900 |
| 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/ke38/data