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85TX ·

Rutherford Ranch Airport

30.07770°N

-97.96560°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 80.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 100.0%

Rutherford Ranch Airport (85TX) is a small general aviation airport located in Buda, TX, 19 mi south west of Austin. It features 1 runway measuring 3,800 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KHYI, 14 mi away (85TX does not publish METAR)

51m ago

Temp

76°F

Wind

6 kts

220°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KHYI 170956Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02440233

Runways

1 installed

3,800 FT MAX

N/S

3,800 ft × 50

ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

61% of ops

20 land · 3 TO

39% of ops

13 land · 1 TO

Runway N carries 61% of operations (20 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is S at 39%.

Approach quality

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

N 20 landings

UA 40%

S 13 landings

UA 31%

Approaches to N show a 40% unstable-approach rate (8 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

0.6

flights/day · 19 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 12am · 3pm

Day vs night

63%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 0.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (0.9 vs 0.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 19 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZHU
Elevation:: 983 ft
Mag var:: 7° E

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