EL Jardin Ranch Airport
XA66 · Encinal, Texas · La Salle County · map
EL Jardin Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Tri-Bar Ranch Company, LTD, 4 miles east of Encinal, Texas, 485 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 6,302 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA XA66
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Tri-Bar Ranch Company, LTD
- Elevation
- 485 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2005
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,302 × 80 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the right, pole 23 ft high 1,036 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Laredo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Cotulla-La Salle County (23 nm north), Laredo International (33 nm south), Dimmit County (39 nm northwest), MC Kinley Field (46 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cotulla-La Salle County (23 nm north), Laredo International (33 nm south), Dimmit County (39 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
- Provided VFR and maintain a clear 20:1 approach.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Encinal from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Encinal, Texas: 1 piston single. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Encinal 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,056 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/XA66.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.