Mexia-Limestone County
LXY · KLXY · Mexia, Texas · Limestone County · map
Mexia-Limestone County is a public-use airport owned by Limestone CO, 3 miles southwest of Mexia, Texas, 545 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,363 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KLXY · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLXY 062235Z AUTO 02007KT 10SM CLR 29/09 A2995 RMK AO2 T02890087 TSNO
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LXY · ICAO KLXY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Limestone CO
- Elevation
- 545 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.65 | |
| Lxy and aWOS-3 | 127.275 | |
| Waco and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 254-472-9370.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,363, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Mexia from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Mexia, Texas: 9 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 4 since 1982, 2 fatal
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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lightss runway 18/36 sunset to sunrise - the common traffic frequency.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator)/amgr.
- SELF-SERVE fuel available 24 hours.
- PAPI out of service
- PAPI out of service
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.