Rustler Canyon

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Airstrip Info

Frequency	122.90
Elevation	4669 ft
Lat/Long	38.2724, -109.7263 38° 16.344' , -109° 43.578'
Runway 13/31	2800 ft x 12 ft Dirt Road
Ownership	SITLA

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Karen Larson visited 5 years ago in a Super Cub with 31” tires

Narrow long strip. Encroaching vegetation, but in good shape. Extremely picturesque on a non-hazy day!

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Gary Hilley visited 5 years ago in a Super Cub with 31 tires

Rutting has become worse, but still very usable.

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Roger Rollins visited 6 years ago in a Maule M5 180C with 8.50 tires

Echo comments by Randy. This is a picturesque spot. With a little work on the runway, could be a destination for several planes at a time. Not smooth, but quite landable. Pretty flat, so either direction for ldg/to. Was just a bit buggy the day we were there. Not much wind.

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Randy Owen visited 6 years ago in a Zenith 701 with 800 x 6 tires

Flew into Rustler Canyon this morning. It is in surprisingly good shape. Landing 31, there is some minor lengthwise rutting (2-3” deep) caused be water runoff for the first couple hundred feet or so (see closeup photos). The surface seemed plenty firm. Several stretches of the runway have weeds/flowers growing in the center, about a foot high. However, there is no sagebrush, so it’s fairly safe to roll through. One morning with a string trimmer would make it about perfect. I’d never been there before, and I have to say it’s one of the most beautiful locations I’ve ever flown into. This strip is a hidden gem. I saw no other aircraft tracks, only some pretty old vehicle tracks.

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