Perry Lefors Field
PPA · KPPA · Pampa, Texas · Gray County · map
Perry Lefors Field is a public-use airport owned by Gray County, 5 miles northwest of Pampa, Texas, 3,245 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,862 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 53 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 15,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KPPA · observed 6:10 pm CDT (23:10 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPPA 062310Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A3003 RMK AO2 T02750126
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PPA · ICAO KPPA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gray County
- Elevation
- 3,245 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,862 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 4,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 730 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: power line 25 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Ppa and aWOS-3 | 118.725 | |
| Amarillo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 806-669-1333.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Pampa from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Pampa, Texas: 31 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 glider. 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 Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 3 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
- Antelope on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runways 05/23 and 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- County. Clerk.
- Tail height of airplane on runway 05/23, 173 feet from centerline to threshold.
- No line of sight between both runway ends.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.