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Mustang Beach Airport (KRAS) is a small city-operated airfield on Mustang Island, serving Port Aransas, Texas, and prized among general aviation pilots for its close proximity to the Gulf Coast beaches. With a single paved runway and no control tower, it offers straightforward VFR access for those flying in for a beach getaway or a quick coastal excursion.
Mustang Beach Airport is a small, city-operated general aviation field located on Mustang Island in Port Aransas, Texas. It is popular with pilots making short hops from elsewhere in Texas for a day at the beach or a family visit, thanks to its unusually close proximity to the shoreline. The field has no control tower and a single lit asphalt runway, making it a straightforward but characterful destination for VFR flying.
The airport lies within the Corpus Christi terminal area, with Corpus Christi Approach/Departure providing radar service in the surrounding airspace. It sits about two miles southwest of the town of Port Aransas on Mustang Island, close to the Gulf of Mexico shoreline. There is no operating control tower at the field itself, so it functions as an uncontrolled aerodrome within controlled airspace overhead.
The airport has a single physical runway, 12/30, measuring 3,481 feet and surfaced in hard-standing (asphalt), with runway lighting provided for both directions.
Pilots can contact Corpus Christi Approach/Departure on 120.9 MHz for the surrounding controlled airspace. The common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) for self-announced arrivals and departures at the uncontrolled field is 122.9 MHz. There is no instrument landing system at Mustang Beach.
As an uncontrolled field, arriving and departing traffic should make position reports on the CTAF of 122.9 MHz and follow standard traffic pattern procedures for runway 12/30, remaining alert for other aircraft given the lack of tower control.
The airport's position on Mustang Island close to the Gulf shoreline makes the beach and coastline a useful visual reference for locating the field when approaching from over water or along the coast; the built-up area of Port Aransas lies just to the northeast.
Mustang Beach Airport is operated by the City of Port Aransas and features a lighted, paved asphalt runway and taxiway that has been resurfaced. It continues to serve as a convenient general aviation gateway for visitors flying in to enjoy the beaches and community of Port Aransas.
