# Putty Ranch Airport (TA78)

**Putty Ranch Airport** (FAA: TA78) is a small airport in Hico, Texas, United States. It opened in Jul 1979. It has one runway, 3,500 ft (1,067 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ta78

## At a glance

- FAA: TA78
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Hico, Texas, United States
- Opened: Jul 1979
- Elevation: 1,143 ft / 348 m
- Coordinates: 31.9714, -98.0634
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 ft / 1,067 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35291248
- Weather station: KSEP · WMO 72260
- Ident: TA78

## Timeline

- Jul 1979: Putty Ranch Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | =12,572 of 29,858 | =5,008 in North America | =4,193 in US |
| Elevation | 1,143 ft / 348 m | =15,731 of 43,403 | =6,875 in North America | =5,418 in US |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =5,873 in North America | =5,773 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FSS | FORT WORTH RDO | 122.600 |

## Nearby airports

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## 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/ta78/data