Benson Airstrip Airport
2XS8 · Uvalde, Texas · Uvalde County · map
Benson Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northwest of Uvalde, Texas, 929 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,300 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2XS8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 929 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,300 × 80 ft | Asphalt |
Aircraft registered in Uvalde from the FAA register
89 aircraft are registered to owners in Uvalde, Texas: 44 piston singles, 19 helicopters, 16 business jets, 4 piston twins, 3 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.