Horseshoe Bend Airport
F78 · Weatherford, Texas · Parker County · map
Horseshoe Bend Airport is a public-use airport owned by Horseshoe Bend Airpark Owners, LLC, 12 miles southwest of Weatherford, Texas, 715 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,000 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA F78
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Horseshoe Bend Airpark Owners, LLC
- Elevation
- 715 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
- August 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,000 × 30 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 17: pole 30 ft high 160 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Weatherford from the FAA register
144 aircraft are registered to owners in Weatherford, Texas: 114 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 6 business jets, 5 helicopters, 4 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Thresholds displaced to a 20:1 slope. Trees west of runway removed.
- Airport phys ads: 128 piper trail, Weatherford, TX
- Also 4 feet fence and 6 feet brush, 0 feet dstc, 100 feet R, approach slope 0:1.
- Deer and motor vehicles on runway.
- Runway 17 27 feet pole, 158 feet dstc, 54 feet L.
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.