Coulter Field


Coulter Field is a public airport three miles northeast of Bryan, in Brazos County, Texas. It is owned by the City of Bryan which is part of the Bryan-College Station area. The airport is used for general aviation.

History

Coulter Field has a long history with sport parachuting. With parachute jumps having been conducted since the mid-1950s, skydiving at Coulter Field has continued through today. Ags Over Texas was the home of the Texas A&M University skydiving team until its closure in 1999. In March 2002, Skydive Aggieland opened and is the current home of the Texas A&M University skydiving club. Texas Governor Rick Perry completed a successful static-line skydive at AOT while he was attending Texas A&M University in the 1970s and former President George H. W. Bush completed a tandem skydive at Coulter Field in cooperation with Skydive Aggieland and the Golden Knights a day prior to completing his last jump at his Presidential Library on Texas A&M University main campus.

Facilities

Coulter Field covers at an elevation of 367 feet. Its runway, 15/33, is 4,000 by 75 feet. A former turf runway 17/35 is closed.
In the year ending July 16, 2008 the airport had 16,200 general aviation aircraft operations, average 44 per day. 66 aircraft were then based at the airport: 82% single-engine, 15% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.