# Sandy Creek Airport (73TX)

**Sandy Creek Airport** (FAA: 73TX) is a small airport in New Waverly, Texas, United States. It opened in Oct 2015. It has one runway, 2,800 ft (853 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6260

## At a glance

- FAA: 73TX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: New Waverly, Texas, United States
- Opened: Oct 2015
- Elevation: 383 ft / 117 m
- Coordinates: 30.5695, -95.4824
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 ft / 853 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61720953
- Weather station: KUTS
- Ident: US-6260

## Timeline

- Oct 2015: Sandy Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,800 ft / 853 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,800 ft / 853 m | =17,690 of 29,858 | =7,482 in North America | =6,328 in US |
| Elevation | 383 ft / 117 m | =29,435 of 43,403 | =13,806 in North America | =11,614 in US |
| Age | Opened 2015 | =13,201 of 15,079 | =10,519 in North America | =10,382 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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/us-6260/data