Giffin Ranch Airport
3XS8 · Balmorhea, Texas · Reeves County · map
Giffin Ranch Airport is a private airport, 15 miles northwest of Balmorhea, Texas, 3,651 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,549 feet of dirt.
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 3XS8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,651 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2016
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,549 × 75 ft | Dirt, good | Non-standard lights |
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: Pecos Municipal (29 nm northeast), Culberson County (42 nm west), Marfa Municipal (44 nm south), Alpine-Casparis Municipal (45 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pecos Municipal (29 nm northeast), Culberson County (42 nm west), Marfa Municipal (44 nm south), Alpine-Casparis Municipal (45 nm south).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Balmorhea from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Balmorhea, 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,064 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,958 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3XS8.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 November 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.