Mustang Beach Airport
RAS · KRAS · Port Aransas, Texas · Nueces County · map
Mustang Beach Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Port Aransas, 2 miles southwest of Port Aransas, Texas, 5 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,482 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Mustang Beach Airport?
Its FAA code is RAS, and its ICAO code is KRAS.
Where is Mustang Beach Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Port Aransas, Texas, 5 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mustang Beach Airport?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,482 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mustang Beach Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Mustang Beach Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mustang Beach Airport?
2 pilot examiners and 4 aviation medical examiners 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 Mustang Beach Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RAS · ICAO KRAS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Port Aransas
- Elevation
- 5 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,482 × 70 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 38 ft high 465 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Ras and aWOS-3 | 118.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 361-749-0537.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- parachute jumping
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ingleside Regional (9 nm northwest), Aransas County (17 nm north), Corpus Christi International (22 nm west), Sinton Airport (28 nm northwest).
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
- May be exempt under grandfather clause.
- Runway 12, 3 feet drop off 40 from runway end.
- Fuel 24 hour self serv.
- Obstruction clnc slope 30:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 30, 36 feet power line 1135 feet dstc. 50 feet power line 1770 feet dstc.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Port Aransas from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Port Aransas, Texas: 7 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 helicopter. 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
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 4 aviation medical examiners.
- Dennis Ardell Bazemore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · DB Mustang Services LLC · Aransas Pass, TX (8 nm) · (361) 229-3011 · [email protected]
- Donald Robert Christie private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Corpus Christi, TX (22 nm) · (254) 681-6654 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Port Aransas 11 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 helicopters
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 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/RAS.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.