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85TX ·

Rutherford Ranch Airport

30.07770°N

-97.96560°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Rutherford Ranch Airport (85TX) is a small general aviation airport located in Buda, TX, 19 mi south west of Austin. It features 1 runway measuring 3,800 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGTU, 45 mi away (85TX does not publish METAR)

12m ago

Temp

99°F

Wind

11 kts

160°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KGTU 152055Z 16011G20KT 10SM CLR 37/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP186 T03670194 57023

Runways

1 installed

3,800 FT MAX

N/S

3,800 ft × 50

ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

63% of ops

26 land · 6 TO

37% of ops

15 land · 2 TO

Runway N carries 63% of operations (26 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is S at 37%.

Approach quality

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

N 26 landings

UA 42%

S 15 landings

UA 33%

Approaches to N show a 42% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 26 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

0.6

flights/day · 18 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 6pm

Day vs night

67%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 0.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (0.8 vs 0.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 18 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZHU
Elevation:: 983 ft
Mag var:: 7° E

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