Fort Stockton Pecos County Airport
KFST is the ICAO code for Fort Stockton Pecos County Airport (IATA FST), located in Fort Stockton, TX.
Airport guide
Fort Stockton Pecos County Airport (KFST) is a medium airport in Fort Stockton, TX. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KFST or IATA code FST. It sits in North America.
Fort Stockton Pecos County Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 7,508-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 7,508 ft (2,288 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.
Fort Stockton Pecos County Airport lies at 3,011 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 1 departing and 0 arriving private-jet legs at KFST across the next six months of operator inventory. 1 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KFST 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.
Background from Wikipedia
Fort Stockton–Pecos County Airport is two miles NW of Fort Stockton, Texas; it is owned and operated by Pecos County, Texas.
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