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

29m ago

Temp

99°F

Wind

10 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KDLF 072055Z AUTO 13010KT 10SM FEW070 37/17 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP089 T03710171 57027 $

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

76% of ops

22 land · 0 TO

24% of ops

7 land · 6 TO

Runway 15 carries 76% of operations (22 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

15 22 landings

UA 0%

33 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 15 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 22 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 · 39 total

Busy hour (local)

9pm

also 12am · 3pm

Day vs night

51%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (1.4 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 39 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZHU
Elevation:: 929 ft
Mag var:: 8° E

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