New Braunfels National Airport is a public use airport in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the city of New Braunfels and located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) east of its central business district. Formerly known as New Braunfels Regional Airport, it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BAZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned BAZ to Barcelos Airport in Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil). From 1940 to 1967, it operated as Clear Springs Air Force Base. Facilities and aircraft New Braunfels National Airport covers an area of 900 acres (364 ha) at an elevation of 651 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 13/31 is 6,503 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 5,364 by 100 feet (1,635 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending January 5, 2017, the airport had 52,541 aircraft operations, an average of 144 per day: 81% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 17% military. At that time there were 145 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 12% jet, and 4% helicopter. References External links New Braunfels National Airport, official website Airport page at City of New Braunfels website Aerial image as of January 1995 from USGS The National Map Airports in Texas New Braunfels, Texas Transportation in Guadalupe County, Texas Buildings and structures in Guadalupe County, Texas