Airports / Texas / CDS
Childress Municipal Airport
KCDS / CDSChildress, TexasELEV 1,954 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
52 nm
To the nearest alternate
Altus Air Force Base (LTS).
Overview
Childress Municipal Airport (KCDS / CDS) sits in Childress, Texas, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 1,954 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
CDS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Altus Air Force Base (LTS, 52 nm), Hobart Regional Airport (HBR, 70 nm), and Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA, 84 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CDS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CDS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KCDS
IATA
CDS
FAA / Local
CDS
Elevation
1,954 ft
Coordinates
34.4338° N · 100.2880° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs TX fields
state range 6–4,849 ft
At 1,954 ft, CDS sits higher than 78% 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.
- 52nmLTSAltus Air Force BaseAltus
- 70nmHBRHobart Regional AirportHobart
- 84nmAMARick Husband Amarillo International AirportAmarillo
- 89nmLBBLubbock Preston Smith International AirportLubbock
- 93nmLAWLawton Fort Sill Regional AirportLawton
- 93nmSPSWichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force BaseWichita Falls
Location
Open the full mapKCDS · Childress Municipal Airport · Childress, TX
From the ramp
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