AirNav: 78TA - Ranch-Aero Airport

78TA

Ranch-Aero Airport
Bigfoot, Texas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 01 OCTOBER 2026

Location

FAA Identifier:	78TA
Lat/Long:	29-04-19.8500N 098-47-00.8900W 29-04.330833N 098-47.014833W 29.0721806,-98.7835806 (estimated)
Elevation:	560 ft. / 171 m (estimated)
Variation:	07E (1985)
From city:	4 miles E of BIGFOOT, TX
Time zone:	UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	78005

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	11/1982
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	HOUSTON CENTER
FSS:	SAN ANGELO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3 at PEZ (16 nm SE):	118.575 (830-569-5749)
WX AWOS-3PT at CVB (17 nm N):	119.25 (830-931-0232)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
SSFr235/(21.0)	STINSON VOR	108.40	03E
RNDr219/37.4	RANDOLPH VORTAC	112.30	05E
SATr198/38.2	SAN ANTONIO VORTAC	116.80	08E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
DEVINE		109/9.1		359		07E		HHH	.... .... ....

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 3/21

Dimensions:	3000 x 100 ft. / 914 x 30 m
Surface:	turf
	RUNWAY 3	RUNWAY 21
Traffic pattern:	left	right
Displaced threshold:	400 ft.	no

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	TOM GOULD 525 RANCH-AERO LANE BIGFOOT, TX 78005 Phone (830) 663-4448
Manager:	TOM GOULD 525 RANCH-AERO LANE BIGFOOT, TX 78005 Phone (830) 663-4448

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC SAN ANTONIO APCH AT 210-805-5516.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 78TA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

23R - Devine Municipal Airport (9 nm NW)
KPEZ - Pleasanton Municipal Airport (16 nm SE)
KCVB - Castroville Municipal Airport (17 nm N)
KSKF - Kelly Field Airport (22 nm NE)
T30 - Mc Kinley Field Airport (23 nm SW)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 19-Oct-2026

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	07:16	12:16
Sunrise	07:40	12:40
Sunset	19:00	00:00
Evening civil twilight	19:24	00:24

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	19-Oct-2026 21:15:20
Local (UTC-5)	19-Oct-2026 16:15:20

METAR

KPEZ 16nm SE	192035Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 28/08 A3018 RMK AO2 T02800082
KCVB 17nm N	192055Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3015 RMK AO2
KSKF 21nm NE	192055Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM FEW170 26/10 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02610098 57026 $
KSSF 23nm NE	192053Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 27/10 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02670100 56028 $
KHDO 27nm NW	192051Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM CLR 27/09 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02670089 56030

TAF

KSKF 21nm NE	191800Z 1918/2024 12008KT 9999 BKN170 BKN220 QNH3009INS BECMG 2002/2003 04005KT 9999 SCT050 BKN170 QNH3014INS BECMG 2015/2016 08008KT 9999 FEW050 SCT140 SCT220 QNH3014INS BECMG 2019/2020 08008KT 9999 SKC QNH3009INS TX26/1921Z TN16/2013Z
KSSF 23nm NE	191720Z 1918/2018 11005KT P6SM SCT150 BKN200 FM200200 VRB03KT P6SM BKN050 BKN150

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