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Benson Airstrip

29.22940°N
-99.82390°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

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 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KDLF, 58 mi away (2XS8 does not publish METAR)

46m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
9 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDLF 050755Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM CLR 29/20 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02900201 $

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

15
77% of ops
23 land · 0 TO
33
23% of ops
7 land · 8 TO
Runway 15 carries 77% of operations (23 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

15 23 landings
UA 0%
33 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 15 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 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
1.3
flights/day · 40 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 9pm · 12am
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.1 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 40 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Elevation:
929 ft
Mag var:
8° E
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