MC Donald Ranch Airport
5TS5 · Dilley, Texas · Frio County · map
MC Donald Ranch Airport is a private airport, 7 miles west of Dilley, Texas, 555 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,000 feet of grass.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
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 5TS5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 555 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
- August 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,000 × 100 ft | Grass |
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: Cotulla-La Salle County (12 nm south), MC Kinley Field (14 nm northeast), Dimmit County (29 nm west), Garner Field (41 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cotulla-La Salle County (12 nm south), Dimmit County (29 nm west), Devine Municipal (34 nm northeast), Garner Field (41 nm northwest).
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 thresholds are located to provide minimum clrnc of 20:1 ovr any obstruction in approach areas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Dilley from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Dilley, Texas: 5 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Dilley 5 aircraft · 5 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,056 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 29,945 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5TS5.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 30, 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.