Coulter Field

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Coulter Field
IATA: CFD - ICAO: KCFD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Bryan
Serves		Bryan, Texas
Elevation AMSL		367 ft (111.9 m)
Coordinates		30°42′56″N, 96°19′53″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
14/32	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
17/35 CLOSED	1,330	405	Turf

Coulter Field (IATA: CFD, ICAO: KCFD) is a municipal-owned airport located in the city Bryan, part of the Bryan-College Station area in Brazos County, Texas, USA. The airport covers 256 acres (104 ha), has one operational runway (runway 17/35 is permanently closed) and is used entirely for general aviation.

Coulter Field has a long history with sport parachuting. With intentional parachute jumps having been conducted since the mid-1950s, skydiving at Coulter Field has continued through today. Ags Over Texas (AOT) was the home of the Texas A&M University skydiving team until its closure in 1999. In March of 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 (41) 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.