Cox Field Airport

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Cox Field Airport

IATA: KPRXICAO: 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: PRXICAO: KPRX) is a general aviation airport located 6 miles East of Paris, Texas.

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

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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.

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