Winkler County Airport

Winkler County Airport (KINK) is a medium airport in Wink, TX. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KINK or IATA code INK. It sits in North America.

Winkler County Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,003-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 5,003 ft (1,525 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.

Winkler County Airport lies at 2,822 ft elevation.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 4 departing and 23 arriving private-jet legs at KINK across the next six months of operator inventory. 2 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KINK are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Winkler County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Winkler County, Texas, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Wink, Texas. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.