# Culberson County Airport (VHN / KVHN)

**Culberson County Airport** (IATA: VHN, ICAO: KVHN) is a small airport in Van Horn, Texas, United States. It opened in Nov 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,005 ft (1,830 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VHN / KVHN
- FAA: VHN
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Van Horn, Texas, United States
- Opened: Nov 1943
- Elevation: 3,957 ft / 1,206 m
- Coordinates: 31.0578, -104.7840
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,005 ft / 1,830 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culberson_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655493
- Weather station: KVHN
- Ident: KVHN

## Timeline

- Nov 1943: Culberson County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 6,005 ft / 1,830 m | 76 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 07/25 | 5,353 ft / 1,632 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 084° / 264° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,005 ft / 1,830 m | =4,531 of 29,858 | =1,242 in North America | =972 in US |
| Elevation | 3,957 ft / 1,206 m | #3,602 of 43,403 | #1,924 in North America | #1,524 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ALBUQUERQUE CNTR | 135.875 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| FSS | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 121.725 |

## Nearby airports

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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/kvhn/data