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
- 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Maybe exempt under grandfather clause.
- Unlighted 499 feet above ground level tower 2.25 miles southeast of airport.
- Inter at otr times.
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.