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W C Ranch Airport

7XS3 · Grapeland, Texas · Houston County · map

W C Ranch Airport is a private airport, 9 miles west of Grapeland, Texas, 337 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,600 feet of grass.

The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 7XS3
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
337 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
around the clock
On the chart
Houston sectional
Magnetic variation
6E
In the FAA's files since
June 1977

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/342,600 × 50 ftGrass

Aircraft registered in Grapeland from the FAA register

9 aircraft are registered to owners in Grapeland, Texas: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

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.