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85TX ·

Rutherford Ranch Airport

30.07770°N

-97.96560°W

ARR / DAY

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DEP / DAY

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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 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Ceil

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Runways

1 installed

3,800 FT MAX

S/N

3,800 ft × 50

ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

71% of ops

17 land · 2 TO

29% of ops

7 land · 3 TO

Runway S carries 71% of operations (17 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is N at 29%.

Approach quality

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

S 17 landings

UA 6%

N 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to S show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 17 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

0.4

flights/day · 11 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 12am · 11pm

Day vs night

55%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–11pm local, averaging 0.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (0.2 vs 0.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

5 · 50%

1 · 10%

Activity is led by (50% of 10 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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