Flying 'K' Ranch
0TS8 · Mercedes, Texas · Hidalgo County · map
Flying 'K' Ranch is a private ultralight field, 2 miles ene of Mercedes, Texas, 81 feet above sea level. Its one runway, ALL/WAY, is 910 feet of grass and dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0TS8
- Kind
- Ultralight field · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 81 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to 1:00 pm
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1984
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL/WAY | 910 × 910 ft | Grass and dirt |
Aircraft registered in Mercedes from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Mercedes, TX as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this ultralight field NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this ultralight field.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- All/way 30' marked power line 200' northwest; 50' power line 0' west; 60' power line 400' north.
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.