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Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch Airport satellite view

📍 Big Spring⬆ 2,505 ft1 runways

TX31 ·

Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch Airport

32.07452°N

-101.56580°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 33.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 13.3%

Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch Airport (TX31) is a small general aviation airport located in Big Spring, TX, 30 mi east of Midland. It features 1 runway measuring 5,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KE11, 59 mi away (TX31 does not publish METAR)

48m ago

Temp

95°F

Wind

9 kts

10°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KE11 032215Z AUTO 01009G19KT 10SM OVC004 35/14 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NW T03460136

Runways

1 installed

5,200 FT MAX

02/20

5,200 ft × 100

ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

82% of ops

27 land · 0 TO

18% of ops

6 land · 0 TO

Runway 02 carries 82% of operations (27 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

02 27 landings

UA 0%

20 6 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 02 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 27 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

2.4

flights/day · 73 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 12pm · 1pm

Day vs night

81%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (2.2 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (78% of 73 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZFW
Elevation:: 2,505 ft
Mag var:: 9° E

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