XS56

Flying W Airport

FAA XS5626.4506°N 97.7910°W30 ft / 9 mSmall airport
On the map

Flying W Airport (FAA: XS56) is a small airport in Raymondville, Texas, United States. It opened in Mar 1963. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 ft (914 m).

Timeline

1 event · 1963–1963
MAR 1963
OpenedFlying W Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
08/26
LENGTH3,000 ft914 mWIDTH85 ft26 mSURFACEGrass
15/33
LENGTH2,400 ft732 mWIDTH50 ft15 mSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,000 ft914 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=15,835of 29,823 · =6,442 North America · =5,446 USElevation30 ft9 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,403of 43,341 · =18,283 North America · =15,010 USAgeOpened 19632026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,069of 15,079 · =3,512 North America · =3,434 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record