8TS9 · Strait Ranch Airport

ENCINAL, TEXAS · SMALL AIRPORT

620

Elevation ft

Runway

5,000

Longest ft · 13/31

28.14N

99.57W

Strait Ranch Airport serves Encinal, Texas at 620 ft elevation with its longest runway, 13/31, at 5,000 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

Private-use airfield. The FAA file marks this field private use. It is listed here for reference. Landing needs the owner's prior permission, and there may be no fuel or services. Do not plan it as a fuel stop or a routine alternate.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
13/31	5,000 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 620 ft is about 14°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 14°C)	620 ft	2,559 ft	2,175 ft	3,263 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,820 ft	2,793 ft	2,302 ft	3,453 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,020 ft	3,027 ft	2,429 ft	3,643 ft
35°C afternoon	3,169 ft	3,056 ft	2,444 ft	3,666 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (13/31, 5,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,666 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Listed for reference only: 8TS9 is not a field to divert to or buy fuel at.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KCOT Cotulla-La Salle County Airport	26 nm NE	6,005 ft
KCZT Dimmit County Airport	27 nm NW	5,003 ft

04Fuel and services at 8TS9

There is no public FBO fuel to log at 8TS9. JetDesk collects Jet A prices that pilots actually paid, at civil fields, and its route finder leaves military and private-use fields out of every ranking. Read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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