Hicks Airport
74T · Ponder, Texas · Denton County · map
Hicks Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles east of Ponder, Texas, 725 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,364 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 74T
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 725 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1995
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,364 × 90 ft | Grass |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, bldg on the approach
- Runway 35: fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Ponder from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Ponder, Texas: 8 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Approach slope 7:1 to 70 feet building 510 dstc, 170 feet R; 0:1 over 30 feet trees at runway end. 4 feet. Fence at runway end, approach slope 0:1.
- Also 4 feet fence and 30 feet trees at runway end, 0:1.
- Runway soft when wet
- Traffic in the pattern shall remain at or below 1300 feet above sea level.
- Runway defined by mowing.
- 30 feet trees, 40 feet R and L of runway centerline.
- 6 feet washout along west side of runway.
- Runway rough and uneven.
- Airport fenced. Gates locked. No public ingress or egress.
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.