Joe Vaughn Spraying Airport
29F · Kress, Texas · Swisher County · map
Joe Vaughn Spraying Airport is a public-use airport owned by Joe Vaughn Spraying, INC., 1 mile north of Kress, Texas, 3,500 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,900 feet of dirt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 29F
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Joe Vaughn Spraying, INC.
- Elevation
- 3,500 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, irregular hours
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,900 × 60 ft | Dirt, poor |
- Runway 17: road 15 ft high 16 ft from the end
- Runway 35: fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 |
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Aircraft registered in Kress from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Kress, Texas: 2 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided threshold runway 17 is displaced to provide required clearance over county ROAD/300' for the dirt runway.
- Runway 17 +30 feet power line 46 feet dstc 77 feet right centerline.
- Jet a for agricultural aircraft only.
- Surface rough.
- 25 feet buildings 45 feet right of centerline at runway 35 end.
- 5 feet fence 40 feet west of runway centerline, full length of runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 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.