Cox Field
PRX · KPRX · Paris, Texas · Lamar County · map
Cox Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Paris, 6 miles east of Paris, Texas, 548 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 6,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPRX · observed 1:55 pm CDT (18:55 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KPRX 061855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/11 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02890106
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 PRX · ICAO KPRX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Paris
- Elevation
- 548 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 4
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 4,624 × 150 ft | Concrete, poor | |
| 14/32 | 4,624 × 150 ft | Concrete, fair | |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 37 ft high 325 ft from the end
- Runway 03: trees 28 ft high 860 ft from the end
- Runway 21: trees 18 ft high 407 ft from the end
- Runway 14: trees 30 ft high 455 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Prx and aWOS-3PT | 119.675 | |
| Paris and rco | 122.2 | Paris |
| Bonham and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 903-737-8784.
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 Paris from the FAA register
78 aircraft are registered to owners in Paris, Texas: 55 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 4 balloons, 3 turboprops, 3 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 · 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
- Runways 03/21 and 14/32 not available for air carrier operations with more than 30 psgr seats.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst dusk to dawn; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 17 and 35 operators continuously.
- 10 feet brush, 30 feet dstc, 244 feet L.
- 39 feet trees, 100 feet dstc, 390 feet L.
- 40 feet trees 132 feet dstc, 245 feet L
- 20 feet trees, 0-199 feet dstc, 250 L.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Approach ratio 5:1; 28 feet trees 178 feet west
- Runway condition not mntnd. Vegetation growing through cracks.
- Taxiway lights from terminal apron to runway 17/35 on midfield taxiway only.
- Runway 14/32 no line of sight between runway ends.
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.