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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Valley International (6 nm northwest), Cameron County (13 nm east), Brownsville/South Padre Island International (17 nm southeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided mnm 20:1 approach slope to each runway end maintained.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Sun Valley Aviation INC 3 aircraft · Harlingen, 7 miles away Sun Valley Aviation is a full-service FBO at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, offering fuel, maintenance, aircraft storage, flight training, charter services, and aircraft sales since 2008.
- Valley Wings Flight School LLC 2 aircraft · Harlingen, 7 miles away Valley Wings Flight School is an FAA Part 61 certified flight training facility located at Harlingen Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas.
- R G V Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft · Bayview, 12 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in San Benito 5 aircraft · 3 turboprops, 2 piston singles
- Sun Valley Dusting CO 2 aircraft in town
- Sun Valley Aviation INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Valley Wings Flight School LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- R G V Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/53XS.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 October 28, 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.