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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: South Texas International AT Edinburg (30 nm southeast), Brooks County (30 nm northeast), Jim Hogg County (35 nm northwest), MC Allen International (41 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: South Texas International AT Edinburg (30 nm southeast), Brooks County (30 nm northeast), MC Allen International (41 nm south), Zapata County (42 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- U38 automated weather (AWOS) is associated with airport 38XS.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Santa Elena from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Santa Elena, TX as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,056 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/38XS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.