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Cox Field 
USGS aerial image - 2 February 1995 IATA: PRX – ICAO: KPRX – FAA LID: PRX Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Paris Serves Paris, Texas Elevation AMSL 547 ft / 167 m Coordinates 33°38′12″N 095°27′03″W / 33.63667°N 95.45083°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 4,624 1,409 Concrete 14/32 4,624 1,409 Concrete 17/35 6,002 1,829 Asphalt Helipads Number Length Surface ft m H1 40 12 Concrete Statistics (2007) Aircraft operations 8,050 Based aircraft 50 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Cox Field (IATA: PRX, ICAO: KPRX, FAA LID: PRX) is a city-owned, public-use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) east of the central business district of Paris, a city in Lamar County, Texas, United States.[1] It is owned by the city of Paris but is operated and maintained by J.R. Aviation, the airport's fixed base operator (FBO).
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History
The airport opened in August 1943 as Cox Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a Air Technical Service Command aircraft maintenance and supply depot. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use. [2]
Facilities and aircraft
Cox Field covers an area of 1,537 acres (622 ha) at an elevation of 547 feet (167 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 3/21 and 14/32 are both is 4,624 by 150 feet (1,409 x 46 m) with concrete surfaces and 17/35 is 6,002 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface. It also has one helipad with a concrete surface measuring 40 by 40 feet (12 x 12 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 8,050 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 93% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 3% military. At that time there were 50 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 4% jet and 2% helicopter.[1]
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for PRX (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
- ^ * Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517
External links
- Cox Field page at City of Paris web site
- Aerial image as of 2 February 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PRX, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KPRX
- ASN accident history for PRX
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KPRX
Categories:- Airports in Texas
- Buildings and structures in Lamar County, Texas
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command
- Transportation in Lamar County, Texas
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