Putty Ranch Airport
TA78 · Hico, Texas · Hamilton County · map
Putty Ranch Airport is a private airport, 2 miles southwest of Hico, Texas, 1,143 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,500 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TA78
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,143 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,500 × 60 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Hico from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Hico, Texas: 5 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- For emergency use only.
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.