Airports / Texas / ELA
Eagle Lake Airport
KELA / ELAEagle Lake, TexasELEV 184 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#54 / 115
Texas airports by Google rating
4.6★ across 8 Google ratings — ranked against 115 rated TX fields.
35 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR).
Overview
Eagle Lake Airport (KELA / ELA) sits in Eagle Lake, Texas, where it functions as a general aviation field. The airport sits 184 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into ELA for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR, 35 nm), Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN, 54 nm), and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU, 55 nm).
Charter pricing from ELA depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Eagle Lake.
Field capability
ICAO
KELA
IATA
ELA
FAA / Local
ELA
Elevation
184 ft
Coordinates
29.6006° N · 96.3219° 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 184 ft, ELA sits lower 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.
- 35nmSGRSugar Land Regional AirportHouston
- 54nmLJNTexas Gulf Coast Regional AirportAngleton
- 55nmHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportHouston
- 55nmVCTVictoria Regional AirportVictoria
- 56nmIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportHouston
- 59nmCLLEasterwood FieldCollege Station
Location
Open the full mapKELA · Eagle Lake Airport · Eagle Lake, TX