Glad Oaks Airport
2XS3 · Athens, Texas · Anderson County · map
Glad Oaks Airport is a private airport, 13 miles southeast of Athens, Texas, 487 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,250 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2XS3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 487 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,250 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Athens from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Athens, Texas: 17 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
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
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.