Cox Field Airport

Cox Field Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Cox Field Airport
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IATA = KPRX
ICAO = Public
type = City of Paris, Texas
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operator = 547
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location =
elevation-f = 166.7
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coordinates = Coord|33|38|11.80|N|095|27|02.7|W|type:airport_region:US|display=inline,title
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r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 6,002
r1-length-m = 1,829
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 3/21
r2-length-f = 4,624
r2-length-m = 1,409
r2-surface = Concrete
r3-number = 14/32
r3-length-f = 4,624
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Cox Field Airport (AKA: Paris Municipal Airport) Airport codes|PRX|KPRX is a general aviation airport located 6 miles E of Paris, Texas.

It is owned and operated by the city of Paris, Texas.

History

The airport was opened in August 1943 as Cox Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. 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.

See also

* Texas World War II Army Airfields

References

* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPRX AirNav.Com - Cox Field Airport (KPRX)]
* 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

* [http://www.ci.paris.tx.us/city_website_2000/airport/airport.htm Cox Field webpage]


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