Old Reb Airport
5XS6 · Mercedes, Texas · Hidalgo County · map
Old Reb Airport is a private airport, 3 miles northeast of Mercedes, Texas, 60 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,000 feet of asphalt and grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5XS6
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 60 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,000 × 40 ft | Asphalt and grass, fair |
- Runway 12: road on the approach
- Runway 30: road on the approach
Aircraft registered in Mercedes from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Mercedes, TX as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Pre dates the act. Existed prior to 1959.
- First 500 feet northwest end of runway, ASPH-G; rmndr of runway surface loose gravel and grass. North taxiway - good condition; southeast taxiway - very poor condition.
- Northwest 200 feet, 50 feet wide; next 400 feet, 25 feet wide; remainder 40 feet wide.
- Pvt; N-S farm airstrip 25 an X 1800'; 850' north of north E-W property line.
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.