Palacios Municipal
PSX · KPSX · Palacios, Texas · Matagorda County · map
Palacios Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Palacios, 3 miles northwest of Palacios, Texas, 14 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,001 feet of concrete. It has about 13 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 7,060 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Palacios Municipal?
Its FAA code is PSX, and its ICAO code is KPSX.
Where is Palacios Municipal?
It is 3 miles northwest of Palacios, Texas, 14 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Palacios Municipal?
The longest of its 3 runways, 08/26, is 5,001 feet long.
Does Palacios Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Palacios Municipal?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Palacios Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PSX · ICAO KPSX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Palacios
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, poor | |
| 13/31 | 5,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Concrete, poor |
- Runway 08: trees 18 ft high 418 ft from the end
- Runway 26: tower 28 ft high 688 ft from the end
- Runway 31: tree 15 ft high 463 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Psx and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.025 | |
| Palacios and rco | 122.2 | Palacios |
| Victoria and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.05 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 361-972-0101.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Calhoun County (23 nm west), Bay City Regional (25 nm northeast), Wharton Regional (32 nm north), Victoria Regional (36 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Calhoun County (23 nm west), Jackson County (24 nm northwest), Bay City Regional (25 nm northeast), Wharton Regional (32 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset on low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Manuel guevara
- Windmill.
- Tall vegetation on runway.
- Tall vegetation on runway.
- Vegetation on taxiway.
- Courtesy car available.
- Taxiways, runways 8/26, 18/36 unmkd.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 13 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,060, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,400 |
| general aviation, local | 4,200 |
| military | 1,460 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Palacios from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Palacios, Texas: 8 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 training center examiner.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Palacios 10 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 business jets
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,061 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,938 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PSX.json.
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 26, 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.