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Benson Airstrip

29.22940°N

-99.82390°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KCVB, 59 mi away (2XS8 does not publish METAR)

just now

Temp

97°F

Wind

7 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KCVB 312355Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 36/18 A2989 RMK AO2 10383 20341

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

75% of ops

21 land · 0 TO

25% of ops

7 land · 8 TO

Runway 15 carries 75% of operations (21 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

15 21 landings

UA 0%

33 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 15 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 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)

9pm

also 12am · 6pm

Day vs night

50%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm 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

10 · 25%

5 · 12%

3 · 8%

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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