Parker County Airport


Parker County Airport is a privately owned public airport in Hudson Oaks, Parker County, Texas, United States. The airport serves the city of Weatherford, and is located approximately east of the central business district.

Facilities

Parker County Airport covers at an elevation of above mean sea level, and has one runway:
Interstate 20, a major east-west highway, is directly north and oriented roughly perpendicular to the runway, with a 20 ft tall uphill highway embankment at the approach end of runway 17 ; the airport is officially closed to transient student traffic. Despite this rule, a student pilot was killed in 2001 when he overran runway 35 on landing and struck a semi-trailer truck traveling eastbound, resulting in the highway being closed for several hours. Additionally, two occupants of a Piper PA-22 Colt were seriously injured when the aircraft struck the embankment on approach to runway 17 in 1993.
For the 12-month period ending April 28, 2016, the airport had 25,240 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 99% general aviation and less than 1% military. At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine, with no jets, helicopters, ultralights, or gliders.

Accidents and incidents