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Creekside Airport

03XS · Mertzon, Texas · Irion County · map

Creekside Airport is a private airport, 6 miles northeast of Mertzon, Texas, 2,100 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 3,200 feet of grass and dirt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 03XS
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
2,100 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
San Antonio sectional
In the FAA's files since
May 2003

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

04221533N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
04/223,200 × 50 ftGrass and dirt
15/331,600 × 50 ftGrass

Aircraft registered in Mertzon from the FAA register

12 aircraft are registered to owners in Mertzon, Texas: 8 helicopters, 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 fatal

1983-12-03FTW84FA083 · Bellanca 17-30A N4097B · accident · 2 killed

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • See airspace letters.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.