Possum Kingdom Airport

Possum Kingdom Airport
Possum Kingdom Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: F35;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Brazos River Authority
Serves	Graford, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,008.3 ft / 307.3 m
Coordinates	32°55′24″N 098°26′13″W / 32.92333°N 98.43694°W
Website	Possum Kingdom Airport at Brazos River Authority
Map
	F35
Runways
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	1,400
Based aircraft	22
	Sources: Federal Aviation Administration except as noted

Possum Kingdom Airport (FAA LID: F35) is a public airport in Graford, Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States, located 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of the central business district.^[1]^[2] The airport has no IATA or ICAO designation.^[3] The airport is owned and operated by the Brazos River Authority and is located on the east side of Possum Kingdom Lake.^[4]

The airport is used solely for general aviation purposes.

Facilities edit

Possum Kingdom Airport covers 59 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 1,008.3 feet (307.3 m) above mean sea level (AMSL), and has one runway:

Runway 02/20: 3,500 x 60 ft. (1,067 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt^[1]

For the 12-month period ending 31 December 2015, the airport had 1,400 aircraft operations, an average of 4 per day: 100% general aviation. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% helicopters, with no multi-engine, jets, ultralights, or gliders.^[1]

Accidents and incidents edit

21 July 1985: A Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, registration number N2323E, was destroyed in a hard landing; the pilot and single passenger suffered minor injuries. Unable to find his intended destination airport, the pilot diverted to Possum Kingdom Airport, but ran out of fuel while descending to land and was too high and fast on final approach. He purposely touched down beside the runway to avoid a runway overrun, but landed hard, causing the landing gear to collapse and the aircraft to flip over. The accident was attributed to fuel exhaustion and the pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate. Contributing factors were an inoperative beacon at the intended destination and soft terrain at the landing site.^[5]