Thompson Field
1TA7 · Canton, Texas · Van Zandt County · map
Thompson Field is a private airport owned by Thompson Airfield, LLC, 4 miles north of Canton, Texas, 518 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1TA7
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Thompson Airfield, LLC
- Elevation
- 518 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1995
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,500 × 40 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 31: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Caution: high traffic area, monitor the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Wood County/Collins Field (20 nm east), Terrell Municipal (21 nm west), Athens Municipal (27 nm south), Tyler Pounds Regional (28 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; enter into loa with CANTON-HACKNEY airport (7F5).
- Prior permission required to land.
- 1400 feet grass ovrn runway 13.
- Caution: high traffic area, monitor the common traffic frequency.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Canton from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Canton, Texas: 24 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Code 1 Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft · Canton, 4 miles away Code 1 Flight Training is a flight school and aircraft rental operator based in East Texas.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Canton 31 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters
- Code 1 Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,061 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,985 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1TA7.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 13, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.