Gesin Ranches Airport
86XS · Sweetwater, Texas · Nolan County · map
Gesin Ranches Airport is a private airport, 4 miles south of Sweetwater, Texas, 2,200 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 86XS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,200 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1974
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,600 × 175 ft | Grass |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Sweetwater from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Sweetwater, Texas: 6 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Private use only.
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.