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Benson Airstrip

29.22940°N

-99.82390°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Benson Airstrip (2XS8) is a small general aviation airport located in Uvalde, TX, 56 mi north east of Piedras Negras. It features 1 runway measuring 3,300 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KECU, 54 mi away (2XS8 does not publish METAR)

44m ago

Temp

82°F

Wind

11 kts

160°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KECU 151555Z AUTO 16011G16KT 10SM OVC024 28/21 A3025 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

3,300 FT MAX

15/33

3,300 ft × 80

ASPH○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

78% of ops

21 land · 0 TO

22% of ops

6 land · 18 TO

Runway 15 carries 78% of operations (21 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

15 21 landings

UA 5%

33 6 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 15 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 21 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

1.2

flights/day · 37 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 4pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (1.2 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 37 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZHU
Elevation:: 929 ft
Mag var:: 8° E

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