Palacios Municipal Airport

at Palacios Municipal Airport

From Mike Larke on 01-Jun-2009

Great improvements since last visit. (Perhaps they read my last post.) The fuel pump payment console has been refurbished, and is readable; and a heavy reflective metal cover has been installed to prevent it (the display) breaking down in the sun's rays I guess. The price of fuel $3.60 was reasonable again. The pump working fine and no leaks. Still the runways and taxiways have quite a bit of weeds growing through the cracks but all in all PSX is back on my list of places to fill up and do practice approaches at. They have a neat little pilot lounge that's ice cool and a good place for a soda pop. Shame there's no courtesy car here but since it's not a manned FBO that would be tricky I guess. Good to see PSX back on form.
 

From Mike Larke on 14-Apr-2009

April 14, 2009 SS 100LL was whopping $4.50 gallon. (KLBX where I flew on to after not filling up at Palacios was $2.98!) The pump seems to leak at the head gasket connection, and display is all messed up for some reason meaning you can't read what it says so have to guess what it's asking you to do from previous encounters with similar machines. Most of the traffic here is rotor, and maybe that's why the east end of the field is overgrown to a riotous extent. The N-S runway looks unusable to me right now with grassy weeds growing to wing height. Even the easternmost portion of the best runway 13-31 has large amounts of weed. (The western end of the airport is better for some reason). Sorry to report as PSX we've used for fuel many times, but these high prices, overgrown runways, and taxiways, and kind of dubious leaky pump is not inspiring a repeat visit. The little FBO is still a nice cool place to repose for a few minutes in peace.
 

From Sam Matta on 23-Jun-2008

We flew in last weekend for lunch at the Outrigger where we got picked up and enjoyed a great seafood selection. The folks there were very helpful when we ran into a problem with our twin; thanks again for your help and warm hospitality.
 

From Brian Progar on 22-Jun-2008

Flew down for an early dinner at the Outrigger today (they close at 6 pm on Sundays). The airport, apparently left over from an old Army base, doesn't have too many folks there. There's an offshore heli outfit, but that's about it. A nice small a/c building serves as the FBO, with a phone. When landing, land on 13-31...It has the best surface BY FAR. The owner of Outrigger picked us up about 15 minutes after a phone call. Dinner was really good. Try the sweet potato fries and the crab stuffed jalapeños! On the way back, he took us down the shore and showed us a few old buildings and talked about a museum the town is building in part dedicated to LaSalle's sunken ship they found just off the waters. Well worth the trip.
 

From Jim Howard on 23-Sep-2007

Stopped at PSX for gas today. There is a little red building near the self-service pumps that has a rest area and a restroom. It was unlocked on Sunday late afternoon. One of the helicopter crews invited me to use their break room also. The pump isn't fancy, but it works fine. The pavement is showing its age, but was safe enough. I didn't see any rocks or anything on it. Not a bad stop at all.
 

From Robert Murray on 10-Aug-2007

I see the handwriting on the wall; Palacios is going to explode economically and improvements to the airport will continue.
 

From John Dyer on 01-Aug-2007

Flew in to get some of that "$3.20/gal" gas. Oops, no more. New helicopter outfit has moved in. Watch for the gyros launching for off shore rigs. Restroom in lounge area is out of order (No Water). Soda Machine was empty also.
 

From George Horn on 03-Jul-2007

As Host of the Int'l Cessna 170 Assoc. Convention this year, we planned a Fly-Out to PSX and 25 airplanes landed here. The Outrigger Restaurant (361-972-1479) happily picked up our entire group of 54 and fed us a delicious steak/shrimp lunch and re-delivered us to the airport. Great Experience! Thank you, Cheryl!