# Medina River Ranch Airport (XS43)

**Medina River Ranch Airport** (FAA: XS43) is a small airport in Pipe Creek, Texas, United States. It opened in Jun 1971. It has 3 runways; the longest is 2,000 ft (610 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/xs43

## At a glance

- FAA: XS43
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pipe Creek, Texas, United States
- Opened: Jun 1971
- Elevation: 1,216 ft / 371 m
- Coordinates: 29.6611, -98.9566
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35279784
- Weather station: K5C1
- Ident: XS43

## Timeline

- Jun 1971: Medina River Ranch Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |
| 10/28 | 1,600 ft / 488 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |
| 14/32 | 1,600 ft / 488 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 ft / 610 m | =24,247 of 29,858 | =11,669 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Elevation | 1,216 ft / 371 m | =14,806 of 43,403 | =6,414 in North America | =5,013 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [TA66](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ta66.md) Freedom Springs Ranch Airport · 7.0 mi / 11 km
- [TE21](https://dromopedia.com/airports/te21.md) Lobo Mountain Ranch Airport · 7.8 mi / 13 km
- [US-1711](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1711.md) Purple Sage Ranch Airport · 7.9 mi / 13 km
- [13TT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-9231.md) Sunset Ranch Airport · 8.4 mi / 14 km
- [US-5918](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5918.md) Champee Springs Ranch Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [US-2539](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2539.md) Montague Lake Airport · 12 mi / 19 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/xs43/data