Bar C Ranch Airport (54XS) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 1:55 PM CDT, Oct 27, based on the nearest station (KECU), 54XS is currently VFR with winds from 180° at 9 knots gusting 17, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Bar C Ranch Airport in Del Rio, TX, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KECU): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Bar C Ranch Airport (54XS) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Del Rio, TX at a field elevation of 1,856 ft. 54XS has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KECU, about 27 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (16/34), the longest 3,000 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KDLF.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KECU, 26.7 nm away.
Wind from the south (180°) at 9 kt, gusting 17 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 23°C (73°F), altimeter 30.22 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KECU 271855Z AUTO 18009G17KT 10SM 23/16 A3022 RMK AO2
What changed at KECU (nearest station)?
Since the 1835Z (1:35 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Gusts began, now gusting 17 kt.
- Wind direction moved from 150° to 180°.
Current pilot readout for 54XS
Based on the nearest station (KECU), 54XS is currently VFR with winds from 180° at 9 knots gusting 17, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (16). Density altitude is approximately 2,900 ft (field elevation 1,856 ft). 54XS does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KDLF, about 36 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16FAV | 3,000 ft | Turf | 9 kt head | 2 kt right (g4) |
| 34 | 3,000 ft | Turf | 9 kt tail | 2 kt left (g4) |
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54XS runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 16/343,000 × 75 ft · TurfCurrent useno stated-runway source at 54XSWind
- 16
- 9 kt headwind · 2 kt crosswind from right
- 34
- 9 kt tailwind · 2 kt crosswind from left
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 24 h: wind 8→9 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
54XS weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 54XS
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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ERV UA /OV KERV/TM 1808/FL045/TP GA6C/SK BASE 045/RM ZHU
ERV UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV KERVLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1808Reported at 18:08 UTC.FL045Altitude: 4,500 ft MSL.TP GA6CAircraft type reporting.SK BASE 045Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
ERV UA /OV ERV/TM 1641/FL035/TP C172/SK BASE 035/RM ZHU
ERV UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV ERVLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1641Reported at 16:41 UTC.FL035Altitude: 3,500 ft MSL.TP C172Aircraft type reporting.SK BASE 035Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
UVA UA /OV UVA/TM 1623/FL025/TP BE9L/SK BASE 025/RM ZHU
UVA UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV UVALocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1623Reported at 16:23 UTC.FL025Altitude: 2,500 ft MSL.TP BE9LAircraft type reporting.SK BASE 025Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
UVA UA /OV KUVA/TM 1530/FL050/TP C172/SK BASE 019 TOP 040/RM ZHU
UVA UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV KUVALocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1530Reported at 15:30 UTC.FL050Altitude: 5,000 ft MSL.TP C172Aircraft type reporting.SK BASE 019 TOP 040Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
UVA UA /OV UVA/TM 1409/FL019/TP C172/SK OVC 019/RM ZHU
UVA UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV UVALocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1409Reported at 14:09 UTC.FL019Altitude: 1,900 ft MSL.TP C172Aircraft type reporting.SK OVC 019Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.RM ZHURemarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 54XS
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KECU reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 17 kt. Wind most often came from the SE.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 16
- 75%
- 34
- 25%
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Live crosswind meter
54XS has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KECU, 27 nm away.
Wind is 15° off runway 16, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 16/34 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Attended
- Unattended
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 54XS
- City
- Del Rio
- State
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,856 ft
- Coordinates
- 29.9450, -100.6863
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KECU
- TAF
- Nearest KDLF
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 4h 52m
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Pilot PIREPs for Bar C Ranch Airport (54XS)
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