Real County
49R · Leakey, Texas · Real County · map
Real County is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Leakey, Texas, 1,640 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,975 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49R
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,640 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,975 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 15: threshold displaced 240 ft, trees 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 33: threshold displaced 270 ft, trees 35 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Leakey from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Leakey, Texas: 9 balloons, 4 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only; provided runway 33 is displaced to provide unobstd 20:1 approach slope for required 17' vert clnc needed over US-83.
- County leases runway, taxiway, apron and entrance road.
- County judge.
- 20 - 30 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold, across threshold.
- 15 feet road 70 feet dstc and 2 feet pipe gate at threshold air carriers approach.
- Approach slope 0:1 to displaced threshold ovr 15 feet trees, 0 feet dstc, 58 feet R.
- Approach slope 0:1 to displaced threshold ovr 15 feet trees, 0 feet dstc, 82 feet L.
- Fence, berm and trees in primary surface parallel to runway.
- Ultralight act adjacent to runway.
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.