Kornegay Private Airport
53XS · San Benito, Texas · Cameron County · map
Kornegay Private Airport is a private airport, 3 miles northeast of San Benito, Texas, 30 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,600 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 53XS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 30 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,600 × 20 ft | Asphalt |
Aircraft registered in San Benito from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in San Benito, Texas: 3 turboprops, 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Provided mnm 20:1 approach slope to each runway end maintained.
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.