Cox Army Air field

Cox Field is a city-owned, public-use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) east of the central business district of Paris, a city in Lamar County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the city of Paris but is operated and maintained by J.R. Aviation, the airport's fixed base operator (FBO).

History
The airport opened in August 1943 as Cox Army Airfield  and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an Air Technical Service Command aircraft maintenance and supply depot. 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.

Facilities and aircraft
Cox Field covers an area of 1,537 acre at an elevation of 547 feet (167 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 3/21 and 14/32 are both is 4,624 by 150 feet (1,409 x 46 m) with concrete surfaces and 17/35 is 6,002 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface. It also has one helipad with a concrete surface measuring 40 by 40 feet (12 x 12 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 8,050 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 93% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 3% military. At that time there were 50 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 4% jet and 2% helicopter.