Kubecka Aviation Airport
3XS1 · Palacios, Texas · Matagorda County · map
Kubecka Aviation Airport is a private airport, 6 miles northwest of Palacios, Texas, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,640 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3XS1
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1983
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,640 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 15: right-hand traffic pattern, fence on the approach
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Palacios from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Palacios, Texas: 8 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided runway 15 threshold be displaced to provide a clear 20:1 approach slope.
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.