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Cain Airport

T28 · Slidell, Texas · Wise County · map

Cain Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles west of Slidell, Texas, 917 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,200 feet of grass.

The airport

Codes
FAA T28
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
917 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
around the clock
On the chart
Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
In the FAA's files since
February 2010

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1836N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/361,200 × 50 ftGrass, fair
  • Runway 18: fence on the approach
  • Runway 36: brush on the approach

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Slidell from the FAA register

6 aircraft are registered to owners in Slidell, Texas: 6 piston singles. 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:

Jt Airshows 3

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

2002-02-21FTW02LA083 · North American T28C N71546 · accident · no injuries
1990-10-06FTW91LA004 · Waco Rnf N11270 · accident · minor injuries
1989-04-06FTW89LA086 · Beech V35B N17513 · accident · serious injuries
1988-05-31FTW88DRG10 · Piper Pa-28Rt-201 N8209H · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Provided letter of agreement with bishop airport (76T) and decatur municipal (lud) to provide compatible traffic pattern operations.
  • Recommend stol aircraft operations only.
  • 8-10 feet rising terrain east of runway. Rolling terrain, runway ends not visible from opposite end.
  • Deer and feral hogs 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.