Center Municipal
F17 · Center, Texas · Shelby County · map
Center Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Center, 3 miles northeast of Center, Texas, 319 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA F17
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Center
- Elevation
- 319 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, intmnt
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Shreveport and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.325 | |
| F17 and aWOS-3PT | 128.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 936-598-3355.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Center from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Center, Texas: 10 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 balloon. 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 · 4 since 1982, 2 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport phys ads 397 from 1656.
- Self service fuel.
- 40 feet trees, 0-199 feet dstc, 200 feet R.
- 40 feet trees, 199 feet dstc, 244 feet R.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slope.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.