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2XS8 ·

Benson Airstrip

29.22940°N

-99.82390°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 75.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 66.7%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KDRT, 67 mi away (2XS8 does not publish METAR)

21m ago

Temp

79°F

Wind

7 kts

100°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KDRT 141153Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A2998 RMK AO1 SLP141 T02610211 10317 20261 53012

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

81% of ops

25 land · 0 TO

19% of ops

6 land · 18 TO

Runway 15 carries 81% of operations (25 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

15 25 landings

UA 4%

33 6 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 15 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 25 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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