Flying W Airport
XS56 · Raymondville, Texas · Willacy County · map
Flying W Airport is a private airport, 2 miles south of Raymondville, Texas, 30 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 3,000 feet of grass.
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 XS56
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 30 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, nov to jun
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1963
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,000 × 85 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 15/33 | 2,400 × 50 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 15: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Valley International (15 nm southeast), South Texas International AT Edinburg (18 nm west), Mid Valley International (19 nm southwest), Cameron County (29 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Valley International (15 nm southeast), South Texas International AT Edinburg (18 nm west), Mid Valley International (19 nm southwest), Cameron County (29 nm southeast).
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
- Maybe exempt under grandfather clause.
- Unlighted 499 feet above ground level tower 2.25 miles southeast of airport.
- Inter at otr times.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Raymondville from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Raymondville, Texas: 8 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 drone. 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, 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 Raymondville 12 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 drones
- Rowland Dusters LLC 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,064 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 29,966 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/XS56.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 November 6, 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.