Cox Field Airport

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Cox Field Airport
IATA: KPRX – ICAO: Public
Summary
Airport type		City of Paris, Texas
Operator		547
Elevation AMSL		166.7 ft / m
Coordinates		33°38′11.80″N 095°27′02.7″W / 33.6366111°N 95.45075°W / 33.6366111; -95.45075Coordinates: 33°38′11.80″N 095°27′02.7″W / 33.6366111°N 95.45075°W / 33.6366111; -95.45075
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	6,002	1,829	Asphalt
3/21	4,624	1,409	Concrete
14/32	4,624	1,409	Concrete

Cox Field Airport (IATA: PRX, ICAO: KPRX) is a general aviation airport located 6 miles East of Paris, Texas.

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

Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The airport opened in August of 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.

[edit] See also

• Texas World War II Army Airfields

[edit] References

• 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

[edit] External links

• Cox Field webpage

• 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 for KPRX
  • FAA current PRX delay information