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📍 Palestine⬆ 487 ft1 runways

2XS3 ·

Glad Oaks Airport

32.01984°N

-95.69504°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 75.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 50.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

71% of ops

34 land · 12 TO

29% of ops

14 land · 0 TO

Runway 16 carries 71% of operations (34 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

16 34 landings

UA 6%

34 14 landings

UA 7%

Approaches to 16 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 34 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

1.4

flights/day · 43 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 3pm · 4pm

Day vs night

70%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (1.8 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

5 · 12%

4 · 10%

2 · 5%

Activity is led by (12% of 41 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZFW
Elevation:: 487 ft
Mag var:: 6° E

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