Rankin Airport
49F · Rankin, Texas · Upton County · map
Rankin Airport is a public-use airport owned by Upton County, 1 mile west of Rankin, Texas, 2,543 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,000 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49F
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Upton County
- Elevation
- 2,543 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,000 × 35 ft | Gravel and dirt, poor |
- Runway 17: hill 60 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 35: trees 40 ft high 350 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Rankin from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Rankin, Texas: 1 piston single, 1 helicopter. 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
- Ext 2.
- Runway rough and uneven, overgrown west/vegetation, thorns.
- Runway not marked, dfclt to dtrm lctn of runway in field. Ditch air carriers north end of runway hidden by vegetation.
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.