Dan E Richards Municipal
3F6 · Paducah, Texas · Cottle County · map
Dan E Richards Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Paducah & Cottle CO, 1 mile east of Paducah, Texas, 1,860 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 3,186 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Dan E Richards Municipal?
Its FAA code is 3F6.
Where is Dan E Richards Municipal?
It is 1 mile east of Paducah, Texas, 1,860 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Dan E Richards Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 3,186 feet long.
Does Dan E Richards Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3F6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Paducah & Cottle CO
- Elevation
- 1,860 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,186 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 25 × 25 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 36: berm 5 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Paducah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Childress Municipal (24 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Childress Municipal (24 nm north), Quanah Municipal (30 nm northeast), Hollis Municipal (45 nm northeast), Marian Airpark (49 nm north).
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 18, 10 feet drop off 60 feet dstc.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- County judge.
- 4 feet fence at threshold 100 feet right.
- 5 feet berm 90 feet L at thld; 5 feet fence 93 feet west of centerline at thld.
- Approach ratio from east 8:1; approach ratio from west crosses centerline of runway 17/35.
- 20 feet lighted windsock 165 feet northeast; 30 feet power line 267 feet east; 20 feet building 240 feet southeast.
- Not maintained. Loose gravel and grass encroachment on surface.
- Runway 18/36 marked as 17/35.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Paducah from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Paducah, TX as the owner's town.
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
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3F6.json.
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 27, 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.