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📍 Palestine⬆ 487 ft1 runways
2XS3 ·

Glad Oaks Airport

32.01984°N
-95.69504°W
ARR / DAY
1
12.5%
DEP / DAY
0
62.5%

Glad Oaks Airport (2XS3) is a small general aviation airport located in Palestine, TX, 32 mi south west of Tyler. It features 1 runway measuring 4,250 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 8% of observed flights.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

4,250 FT MAX
16/34
4,250 ft × 75
ASPH-P○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

16
65% of ops
20 land · 5 TO
34
35% of ops
11 land · 0 TO
Runway 16 carries 65% of operations (20 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

16 20 landings
UA 10%
34 11 landings
UA 27%
Approaches to 16 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 20 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)
1pm
also 4pm · 9pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–9pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (1.6 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (11% of 37 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Elevation:
487 ft
Mag var:
6° E
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