San Rafael Ranch Airport
38XS · Santa Elena, Texas · Jim Hogg County · map
San Rafael Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Rancho S. R. LTD, 5 miles north of Santa Elena, Texas, 313 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 6,000 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 38XS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Rancho S. R. LTD
- Elevation
- 313 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 6,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: S2L
- Runway 32: S2L
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Sarita and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.15 |
Aircraft registered in Santa Elena from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Santa Elena, TX as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- U38 automated weather (AWOS) is associated with airport 38XS.
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.