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Every published mission filed under Small Town, with the airport, drive, and ground-game details intact.

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New Braunfels River Weekend
KBAZMarch through May and September through November; summer only when you are deliberately planning around crowds and river conditions
New Braunfelsovernight / family / scenic

New Braunfels River Weekend

A pilot-focused river-town weekend where KBAZ gives you a towered airport, 24-hour self-serve fuel, and a workable handoff to Gruene, the Comal, and downtown New Braunfels when the timing is right.

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KBAZ sits four miles east of town in FAA data and gives this mission more airport support than most leisure destinations: a towered field, two paved runways, 24-hour self-serve fuel, and an FBO that serves as a rental-car pickup and drop-off point if you arrange the car yourself.

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Jefferson + Caddo Lake Overnight
24FOctober through April, plus late-spring weekends before the heat and bugs take over
Jeffersonovernight / scenic

Jefferson + Caddo Lake Overnight

A pilot-focused East Texas overnight where Cypress River gets you close to Jefferson's historic core and Caddo Lake gives the trip a real second act, provided you plan the ground transfer instead of assuming it.

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Cypress River keeps Jefferson viable with a public 3,200-foot asphalt runway, 24-hour self-serve 100LL, and weekday-arranged courtesy transportation only a few miles east of town.

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Stephenville Fly-In Lunch Run
KSEPFall through spring lunch runs and milder shoulder-season afternoons
Stephenvillebbq / family

Stephenville Fly-In Lunch Run

A low-friction KSEP lunch run where the airport stays out of the way, Hard Eight gives the trip an easy anchor, and downtown Stephenville adds just enough second stop to make the flight feel worthwhile.

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KSEP makes this mission work with a 4,200-foot runway, self-serve fuel, terminal facilities, and a short jump into town that keeps Stephenville in lunch-run territory instead of turning it into a logistics chore.

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Llano BBQ Run
KAQOCool-weather weekends and shoulder-season afternoons
Llanobbq / breakfast

Llano BBQ Run

A clean Hill Country food mission built around Cooper's, a genuinely pilot-friendly little airport, and just enough river-and-square time to make lunch feel earned.

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AQO keeps this mission easy with self-serve 100LL, multiple courtesy cars when available, and a five-minute ride into town when the whole point is barbecue, not logistics.

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Fredericksburg Wine Country Run
KT82Spring wildflowers, October weekends, and early December
Fredericksburgovernight / scenic

Fredericksburg Wine Country Run

A Hill Country overnight with a genuinely useful airport, a walkable historic core, and enough museum-and-wine-country gravity that flying here feels smarter than driving.

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T82 gives you a 5,000-foot runway, 24-hour self-serve fuel, and an airport culture built around visitors, which makes Fredericksburg one of the cleanest overnight launches in the Hill Country.

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