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It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,930 by 70 feet (1,198 x 21 m). [1] A 3,200-foot (980 m) runway was made in 1936. In 1989 it was expanded to a 3,930-foot-long (1,200 m) and 70-foot-wide (21 m) runway. The runway end zones were extended in 2003.
A regional airport was established in McKinney in 1979. [5] Initially opened with a 4,000-foot (1,200 m) runway, its length was extended to 5,800 feet (1,800 m) in 1984. [6] In 2011, McKinney National Airport added a new 78-foot (24 m) tall contract FAA air traffic control tower equipped with the latest in radar, radio and voice switch ...
Baytown Airport covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) which contains one runway designated 14/32 with a 4,334 x 60 ft (1,321 x 18.288 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending October 2009, the airport had 9,490 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day. At that time there were 27 aircraft based at the airport ...
The airport opened for commercial service as Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport on January 13, 1974, at a cost of $875 million (equivalent to $5.5 billion in 2024), which included $65 million for the land and $810 million in total construction costs.
Mesquite Metro Airport covers 448 acres (181 ha) at an elevation of 447 feet (136 m).Its single runway, 18/36, is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m), concrete. [1]In 2022, the airport had 103,642 aircraft operations, an average of 284 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and less than 1% military. 182 aircraft were then based at this airport: 151 single-engine, 20 multi-engine, 10 jet and ...
An American Airlines plane overran the runway while landing at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on Saturday night. American Airlines said in a statement that 99 passengers and six crew members were on ...
In early 2010, Hooks Airport received a notable resident when the B-17G Flying Fortress 'Texas Raiders' was permanently moved from William P. Hobby Airport to a spacious hangar in the Tomball Jet Center as a cost-saving measure. 'Texas Raiders' used Hooks Airport as her base of operations for the 2010 air show season and several years afterward.
The flight originated in Midland, a Texas oilpatch city 330 miles (531 kilometers) west of Dallas, and had been attempting an emergency landing at the Aero Country Airport, the fire department said.