Parker County Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Parker County Airport Hangars Association | ||||||||||
Serves | Hudson Oaks, Texas; Weatherford, Texas | ||||||||||
Location | 3816 East Interstate 20, Hudson Oaks, Texas, 76087[1] | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 991.2 ft / 302.1 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°44′47″N 097°40′57″W / 32.74639°N 97.68250°W | ||||||||||
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Sources: Federal Aviation Administration[2] except as noted |
Parker County Airport (IATA: WEA, ICAO: KWEA, FAA LID: WEA) 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 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the central business district.[2][3][4]
Parker County Airport covers 44 acres (18 ha) at an elevation of 991.2 feet (302.1 m) above mean sea level (AMSL), 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 (6.1 m) tall uphill highway embankment at the approach end of runway 17 (downhill at the departure end of runway 35); the airport is officially closed to transient student traffic.[2][3] 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.[5][6] 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.[7]
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.[2]