Terrell County Airport

Terrell County Airport
Kaufman Municipal Airport

IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 6R6
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Terrell County
Serves Dryden, Texas
Elevation AMSL 2,322 ft / 708 m
Coordinates 30°02′47″N 102°12′47″W / 30.04639°N 102.21306°W / 30.04639; -102.21306
Map
6R6

Location of airport in Texas

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 4,525 1,379 Asphalt
13/31 4,525 1,379 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 300

Terrell County Airport (FAA LID: 6R6) is a county owned, public use airport in Terrell County, Texas, United States. The airport is located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) west of the central business district of Dryden, Texas,[1] and about 14 miles southeast of Sanderson, Texas. It provides general aviation service.

History

Established as Kaufman Municipal Airport. Taken over by United States Army Air Forces on November 12, 1942. Assigned to the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield.

Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. Inactivated September 30, 1945 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) returned to civil control.

Facilities and aircraft

Terrell County Airport covers an area of 644 acres (261 ha) at an elevation of 2,322 feet (708 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways, 4/22 and 13/31, each of which has an asphalt surface measuring 4,525 by 75 feet (1,379 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 10, 2009, the airport had 300 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 6R6 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.


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