# Eagle Lake Airport (ELA / KELA)

**Eagle Lake Airport** (IATA: ELA, ICAO: KELA) is a small airport in Eagle Lake, Texas, United States. It opened in Mar 1949. It has one runway, 4,280 ft (1,305 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ELA / KELA
- FAA: ELA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Eagle Lake, Texas, United States
- Opened: Mar 1949
- Elevation: 184 ft / 56 m
- Coordinates: 29.6006, -96.3219
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,280 ft / 1,305 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35253673
- Weather station: KELA
- Ident: KELA

## Timeline

- Mar 1949: Eagle Lake Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 4,280 ft / 1,305 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,280 ft / 1,305 m | =8,642 of 29,858 | =3,365 in North America | =2,780 in US |
| Elevation | 184 ft / 56 m | =34,366 of 43,403 | =15,683 in North America | =13,194 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | HOUSTON CNTR | 128.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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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/kela/data