Flying Tigers Airport
39TA · Paris, Texas · Lamar County · map
Flying Tigers Airport is a private airport, 5 miles west of Paris, Texas, 588 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 2,380 feet of asphalt.
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 39TA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 588 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1965
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,380 × 20 ft | Asphalt, poor | |
| 16/34 | 1,375 × 80 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 02: power line 30 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 16: tree 35 ft high 185 ft from the end
- Runway 34: tree on the approach
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Cox Field (10 nm east), Stan Stamper Municipal (24 nm north), Jones Field (26 nm west), Sulphur Springs Municipal (30 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cox Field (10 nm east), Stan Stamper Municipal (24 nm north), Commerce Municipal (25 nm southwest), Jones Field (26 nm west).
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
- Runway 02/20 very poor condition; ctn advised when using runway 16/34 or east/west taxiway due to high grass.
- 4150' an X 75': 2380' an X 20' asphalt with adnl 28' dirt each side and 1400' an X 75' dirt available in dry weather.
- Width varies due to grass encroach and poor pavement.
- +16' airplane 80' from threshold 45' left of centerline.
- +20' trees at threshold 65' left of centerline.
- Approach RATIO/CLOSE-IN obstructions measured from asphalt runway.
- Approach ratio 0:1 from dirt end.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Paris from the FAA register
78 aircraft are registered to owners in Paris, Texas: 55 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 4 balloons, 3 turboprops, 3 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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:
- Paris Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Powderly, 14 miles away Paris Air is a flight school and FBO located at Vero Beach Municipal Airport in Florida.
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Paris 78 aircraft · 55 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 4 balloons
- Grizzly Air Service INC 5 aircraft in town
- Two Motor Odor LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Townes Aircraft Sales LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Delta Zulu Ventures LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Paris Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,056 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 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/39TA.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 October 28, 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.