Frontier Airport
55XS · Spofford, Texas · Kinney County · map
Frontier Airport is a private airport owned by El Pescado Minerals, LTD., 1 mile southwest of Spofford, Texas, 1,001 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,316 feet of asphalt.
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 55XS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- El Pescado Minerals, LTD.
- Elevation
- 1,001 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,316 × 60 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 01: tower 350 ft high 7,000 ft from the end
- Runway 19: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 310 ft, tower 350 ft high 3,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.7 |
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: Maverick County Memorial International (19 nm south), OX Ranch Airport (24 nm northeast), Del Rio International (29 nm northwest), Garner Field (35 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Maverick County Memorial International (19 nm south), Del Rio International (29 nm northwest), Garner Field (35 nm east), Dimmit County (50 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Spofford from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Spofford, 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 · 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,064 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 29,958 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/55XS.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.