Rusk County
RFI · KRFI · Henderson, Texas · Rusk County · map
Rusk County is a public-use airport owned by Rusk County, 3 miles west of Henderson, Texas, 442 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 4,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KRFI · observed 3:35 pm CDT (20:35 UTC), 2 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 87°F (30°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KRFI 062035Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 30/09 A2994 RMK AO2 T03050093 $
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 RFI · ICAO KRFI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rusk County
- Elevation
- 442 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,005 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 86 ft high 1,770 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 25 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 12: trees 40 ft high 540 ft from the end
- Runway 30: trees 100 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.275 | |
| Rfi and aWOS-3 | 119.375 | |
| Tyler and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 903-657-0384.
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 Henderson from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Henderson, Texas: 29 piston singles, 4 business jets, 4 balloons, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins. 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, 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
- Fuel 24 hours self serve.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Extensive cracking.
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.