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Rust Field

8XS9 · Waring, Texas · Kendall County · map

Rust Field is a private airport, 1 mile northeast of Waring, Texas, 1,331 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,324 feet of asphalt.

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

The airport

Codes
FAA 8XS9
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
1,331 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
San Antonio sectional
Magnetic variation
8E
In the FAA's files since
May 1977

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1735N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
17/352,324 × 28 ftAsphalt

Aircraft registered in Waring from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Waring, TX as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal

2009-07-18CEN09CA450 · Bellanca 8Kcab N2991D · accident · no injuries
1994-07-31FTW94LA254 · Boeing A75 N60459 · accident · serious injuries
1987-04-18FTW87LA098 · Piper Pa-28-161 N2140D · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

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.