Airports / Texas / WHT
Wharton Regional Airport
KARM / WHTWharton, TexasELEV 100 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#35 / 115
Texas airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 13 Google ratings — ranked against 115 rated TX fields.
34 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Wharton Regional Airport, listed as KARM / WHT, is a general aviation field in Wharton, Texas. The field lies at an elevation of 100 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
WHT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR, 34 nm), Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN, 37 nm), and Victoria Regional Airport (VCT, 47 nm).
Quotes for flights out of WHT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as 5R5. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from WHT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KARM
IATA
WHT
FAA / Local
ARM
Elevation
100 ft
Coordinates
29.2543° N · 96.1544° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs TX fields
state range 6–4,849 ft
At 100 ft, WHT sits lower than 83% of the 127 Texas fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 34nmSGRSugar Land Regional AirportHouston
- 37nmLJNTexas Gulf Coast Regional AirportAngleton
- 47nmVCTVictoria Regional AirportVictoria
- 52nmHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportHouston
- 56nmEFDEllington AirportHouston
- 61nmIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportHouston
Location
Open the full mapKARM · Wharton Regional Airport · Wharton, TX
From the ramp
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