Tenkiller Lake Airpark
44M · Cookson, Oklahoma · Cherokee County · map
Tenkiller Lake Airpark is a public-use airport owned by Cherokee County Airport Authority, 1 mile southwest of Cookson, Oklahoma, 877 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,600 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 44M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cherokee County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 877 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,600 × 75 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: VASI, two boxes on the left, trees 22 ft high 72 ft from the end
- Runway 23: VASI, two boxes on the left, trees 20 ft high 144 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Cookson from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Cookson, Oklahoma: 11 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 Oklahoma.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Ctn: deer on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Activate VASI runway 05 and 23 - the common traffic frequency. Low-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 dusk to dawn.
- Airpark is residential
- Board of commissioners of Cherokee county
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.