Airport details

Cox Field

Paris, United States Americas

IATA PRX ICAO KPRX 3 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
PRX
ICAO
KPRX
Elevation
547 ft / 167 m
Runways
3
Longest runway
6,002 ft / 1,829 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Unknown
Coordinates
33.636600494385, -95.450798034668

Location

OpenStreetMap

Weather snapshot

America/Chicago · Updated Fri 6 Nov, 20:00

Open-Meteo

Clear sky now, with temperatures around 12°C to 24°C (54°F to 74°F) today and up to 4% rain risk.

Current
Clear sky
Temperature
14°C
58°F
Humidity
76%
Wind
21 km/h 13 mph
Local time
20:10
Sunrise
06:45
Sunset
17:25

Today

Overcast

12°C to 24°C 54°F to 74°F

Rain 4%
Wind 22 km/h 14 mph

Sat

Overcast

10°C to 19°C 50°F to 66°F

Rain 2%
Wind 15 km/h 9 mph

Sun

Overcast

8°C to 21°C 46°F to 70°F

Rain 2%
Wind 13 km/h 8 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

No airline route coverage data is currently available for this airport.

* Data is from free open route datasets and may be incomplete or outdated.

About

From Wikipedia

Cox Field

Cox Field(IATA:PRX, ICAO:KPRX, FAA LID:PRX) is an airport seven miles east of Paris, in Lamar County, Texas. It is owned by the city of Paris but is operated and maintained by J.R. Aviation, the airport's fixed-base operator (FBO).

The airport opened in August 1943 asCox Army Airfieldand was used by Second Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, primarily for liaison pilot training. The 157th Liaison Squadron was based here from March to May 1944. From 15 May to 8 October 1944 advanced liaison pilot training was conducted by the 163d liaison squadron, who prepared pilots as combat replacements for AAF liaison squadrons operating overseas. From October 1944 onward, the airfield was used by the Air Technical Service Command as an aircraft maintenance and supply depot. At the end of the war the airfield was not needed by the military and was turned over to the local government for civil use.

Mid-Continent Airlines began landing at Paris in 1947 as a stop on a route between Houston and Tu...

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Cox Field

Country

United States

Official name
United States

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