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3XS8 Giffin Ranch Airport
Balmorhea, Texas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 FEBRUARY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 3XS8
Lat/Long: 31-06-00.7300N 103-57-41.0100W
31-06.012167N 103-57.683500W
31.1002028,-103.9613917
(estimated)
Elevation: 3651 ft. / 1113 m (estimated)
From city: 15 miles NW of BALMORHEA, TX
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 79718

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 05/2016
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ALBUQUERQUE CENTER
FSS: FORT WORTH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATTND
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
PEQr211/29.7PECOS VOR/DME116.5011E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
KENT061/13.622507EXAA -..- .- .-

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 3/21

Dimensions: 3549 x 75 ft. / 1082 x 23 m
Surface: dirt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: non-standard
RUNWAY 3  RUNWAY 21
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: NSTD, in good conditionNSTD, in good condition

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: ESTATE OF JAMES L DAVIS
PO BOX 51670
MIDLAND, TX 79701
Phone 432-682-6311
Manager: DAVID L DAVIS
PO BOX 51670
MIDLAND, TX 79710
Phone 432-685-7000

Additional Remarks

- FOR CD CTC ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC AT 505-856-4861.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 3XS8.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KPEQ - Pecos Municipal Airport (29 nm NE)
KVHN - Culberson County Airport (42 nm W)
KMRF - Marfa Municipal Airport (44 nm S)
E38 - Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport (45 nm S)
KFST - Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (55 nm E)
  
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From to 3XS8

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 03-Mar-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5712:57
Sunrise07:2113:21
Sunset18:5400:54
Evening civil twilight19:1901:19

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  03-Mar-2025 10:14:25
Local (UTC-6)  03-Mar-2025 04:14:25
 
METAR
KPEQ 
29nm NE 		030955Z AUTO 22003KT 7SM 09/M12 A2986 RMK AO2 T00901124
KVHN 
42nm W 		030955Z AUTO 24009KT 7SM CLR 09/M14 A2997 RMK AO2 T00851140
KE38 
45nm S 		030955Z AUTO 22007KT 7SM CLR 11/M14 A3000 RMK AO2 T01071143
TAF
KPEQ 
29nm NE 		030522Z 0306/0406 21006KT P6SM SCT250 FM031800 24018G27KT P6SM SCT250
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