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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,060 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KPSX · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 6,000 feet, a broken layer at 7,500 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.86 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 KPSX 062153Z AUTO 02009KT 10SM FEW060 BKN075 31/21 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP110 T03110206
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 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
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,060, 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 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, 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
- 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.
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.