# Hughes Ranch Airport (50XS)

**Hughes Ranch Airport** (FAA: 50XS) is a small airport in Quemado, Texas, United States. It opened in Apr 1978. It has one runway, 4,608 ft (1,405 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/50xs

## At a glance

- FAA: 50XS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Quemado, Texas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1978
- Elevation: 905 ft / 276 m
- Coordinates: 29.0433, -100.5850
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,608 ft / 1,405 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35266919
- Weather station: KT70
- Ident: 50XS

## Timeline

- Apr 1978: Hughes Ranch Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 4,608 ft / 1,405 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,608 ft / 1,405 m | #7,718 of 29,858 | #2,936 in North America | #2,417 in US |
| Elevation | 905 ft / 276 m | =19,345 of 43,403 | =8,811 in North America | =7,151 in US |
| Age | Opened 1978 | =7,719 of 15,079 | =5,716 in North America | =5,618 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-2493](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2493.md) Bill Moody Ranch Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [0XS8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0xs8.md) Dunbar Ranch Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [55XS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/55xs.md) Frontier Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [EGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k5t9.md) Maverick County Memorial International Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [1TA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ta8.md) Rio Pinto Ranch Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [US-2446](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2446.md) Hobbs Ranch Airport · 18 mi / 29 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/50xs/data