Lago Vista Tx/Rusty Allen Airport
RYW · KRYW · Lago Vista, Texas · Travis County · map
Lago Vista Tx/Rusty Allen Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lago Vista, 2 miles northeast of Lago Vista, Texas, 1,230 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,808 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 61 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 38,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KRYW · observed 5:30 pm CDT (22:30 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KRYW 062230Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 30/10 A3000 RMK AO2 T02980102
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 RYW · ICAO KRYW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lago Vista
- Elevation
- 1,230 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,808 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 25 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | · UNICOM not mnt. |
| Departure procedure (AEROZ) · Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BNDIA) 8,000-12,000 feet | 119.0 | |
| Szagi and star SFC-7000 feet | 118.15 | |
| Ryw and aWOS-3PT | 119.375 | |
| Gaboo and star · Potrr and star | 127.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 512-267-1365.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 38,000, 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 Lago Vista from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Lago Vista, Texas: 35 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 4 helicopters, 1 gyroplane, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 0 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
- Deer ON& in the vicinity of airport.
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 15 and 33 operates continuously.
- Gross weight per amgr.
- 30 feet hangar, 0 feet dstc, 220 R.
- 14-20 feet hngrs R/L.
- UNICOM not mnt.
- Calm wind runway I5.
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.