Mustang Beach Airport (KRAS), Texas
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Mustang Beach Airport (KRAS) serves Port Aransas, Texas, with a single asphalt runway and no on-field customs service. Traffic here is business-aviation dominated and irregularly attended, with fuel available only as 100LL.
Runways
Mustang Beach Airport has one paved runway, 12/30, 3,482 ft long and 70 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
Mustang Beach Airport has 100LL available on the field. The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Mustang Beach Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Corpus Christi International (KCRP), 22 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Mustang Beach Airport recorded 872 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Business aviation traffic at KRAS peaks in July, more than triple the December low, consistent with a coastal destination pattern.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 150 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Mustang Beach Airport averages 22.0 days above 90°F in August and 0.3 freeze days in January. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 88.7°F, and January the coldest, at 62.3°F.
Weather station is 2.2 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Mustang Beach Airport has published operating constraints in three categories: access, runway notes and other notes.
For clearance delivery, contact Corpus Christi Approach.
Runway 12 has a 3-foot drop-off located 40 feet from the runway end.
Obstruction clearance slope is 30:1 to the displaced threshold.
Runway 30 has a power line 36 feet high at 1,135 feet from the threshold, and a power line 50 feet high at 1,770 feet from the threshold.
Fuel is available 24 hours via self-service.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Mustang Beach Airport has five airfields within 17 NM. The closest is Ingleside Regional (KTFP), 8.91 NM northwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at KRAS
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at KRAS.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
Is Jet A fuel available at KRAS?
Mustang Beach Airport (KRAS) stocks 100LL only, dispensed through a self-serve pump available 24 hours. There is no Jet A on the field, so operators needing jet fuel must plan a stop elsewhere.
Can international flights clear customs at KRAS?
KRAS has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs facility is at Corpus Christi International (KCRP), about 22 nautical miles away, and inbound flights should arrange clearance there before continuing to Mustang Beach.
How long is the runway at Mustang Beach Airport?
Mustang Beach Airport (KRAS) has a single paved runway, 12/30, measuring 3,482 feet long and 70 feet wide with an asphalt surface. This length sets the practical size limit for aircraft using the field.