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📍 Santa Elena⬆ 312 ft1 runways

38XS ·

San Rafael Ranch Airport

26.81520°N

-98.47930°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 58.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

San Rafael Ranch Airport (38XS) is a small general aviation airport located in Santa Elena, TX, 45 mi north of McAllen. It features 1 runway measuring 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KMFE, 47 mi away (38XS does not publish METAR)

31m ago

Temp

92°F

Wind

19 kts

140°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KMFE 132253Z 14019G27KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A2986 RMK AO2 PK WND 13029/2220 SLP111 T03330233 $

Runways

1 installed

6,000 FT MAX

14/32

6,000 ft × 75

ASPH● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

100% of ops

61 land · 0 TO

Runway 14 carries 100% of operations (61 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

14 61 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 61 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

2.2

flights/day · 67 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 6pm · 5pm

Day vs night

84%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.0 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

60 · 90%

1 · 1%

Activity is led by (90% of 67 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
UNICOM	122.800	—
SARITA R	128.150	—
OTHER	128.150	—
SARITA R	350.300	—
OTHER	350.300	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZHU
Mag var:: 7° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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