# Flying W Airport (XS56)

**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).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/xs56

## At a glance

- FAA: XS56
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Raymondville, Texas, United States
- Opened: Mar 1963
- Elevation: 30 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 26.4506, -97.7910
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35258384
- Weather station: KHRL
- Ident: XS56

## Timeline

- Mar 1963: Flying W Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 85 ft / 26 m | Grass |  |  |
| 15/33 | 2,400 ft / 732 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 ft / 914 m | =15,843 of 29,858 | =6,443 in North America | =5,447 in US |
| Elevation | 30 ft / 9 m | =40,463 of 43,403 | =18,292 in North America | =15,018 in US |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =3,512 in North America | =3,434 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

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## 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/xs56/data