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Flying B Ranch Airstrip Airport

35TX · Abilene, Texas · Taylor County · map

Flying B Ranch Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 5 miles northwest of Abilene, Texas, 1,750 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 1,700 feet of grass.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA 35TX
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,750 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
Magnetic variation: 8E
In the FAA's files since: June 1991

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
16/34	1,700 × 75 ft	Grass

Runway 16: power line 30 ft high 800 ft from the end
Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern, building 25 ft high 700 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Abilene from the FAA register

110 aircraft are registered to owners in Abilene, Texas: 88 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 4 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 drones. 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:

Rockhut Aviation LLC 3Jaju Aviation INC 2

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

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Abilene Regional ABI · 9 nm southeast Arledge Field F56 · 26 nm north Dyess Air Force Base DYS · 4 nm south · private Hendrick Medical Center Heliport TA38 · 5 nm east · private Abilene Regional Medical Center Heliport 4TX1 · 8 nm southeast · private Elmdale Airpark 82TS · 9 nm east · private Abilene Executive Airpark TX00 · 11 nm east · private Portlock Airfield TX02 · 11 nm east · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided est. Letter of agreement with dyess air force base based on 2-WAY radio and transponder requirements. Clearly define departures and arrival procedures.
Personal use.
Livestock may be on runway.

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.