Facilities and Aircraft
Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle Airport covers an area of 2,086 acres (844 ha) which contains two paved runways: 17/35 measuring 8,802 x 100 ft (2,683 x 30 m) and 6/24 measuring 4,601 x 75 ft (1,402 x 23 m).
The airport is currently an uncontrolled airfield, limited to UNICOM advisories only. Although the former Webb AFB control tower is still standing, it has not been operational since the Air Force's departure in late 1977 and the airfield's subsequent conversion to a civilian airport.
For the 12-month period ending January 30, 2009, the airport had 12,195 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% military. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 6% jet, 6% ultralight and 2% helicopter.
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