TX31 · Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch Airport

BIG SPRING, TEXAS · SMALL AIRPORT

2,505

Elevation ft

Runway

5,200

Longest ft · 02/20

32.07N

101.57W

Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch Airport serves Big Spring, Texas at 2,505 ft elevation with its longest runway, 02/20, at 5,200 by 100 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
02/20	5,200 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,505 ft is about 10°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, 10°C)	2,505 ft	2,927 ft	2,374 ft	3,561 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,705 ft	3,161 ft	2,501 ft	3,751 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,905 ft	3,395 ft	2,627 ft	3,941 ft
35°C afternoon	5,506 ft	3,512 ft	2,691 ft	4,036 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (02/20, 5,200 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,036 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: TX31 is not a field to divert to or buy fuel at.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KBPG Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport	9 nm N	8,803 ft
KMDD Midland Airpark	27 nm W	5,571 ft
K7T7 Skywest Inc Airport	29 nm SW	5,000 ft
KMAF Midland International Air and Space Port	33 nm W	9,501 ft
KT88 Colorado City Airport	40 nm NE	5,420 ft

04Fuel and services at TX31

There is no public FBO fuel to log at TX31. 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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