Rusk County Airport (Texas) Explained

Rusk County Airport
Icao:KRFI
Faa:RFI
Pushpin Map:Texas
Pushpin Label:RFI
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Type:Public
Owner:Rusk County
City-Served:Henderson, Texas
Elevation-F:442
Elevation-M:135
Coordinates:32.1417°N -94.8517°W
Website:RuskCountyAirport.com
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:4,006
R1-Length-M:1,221
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:12/30
R2-Length-F:3,002
R2-Length-M:915
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 3/27/2019)
Stat1-Data:12,400
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:41
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Rusk County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Rusk County, Texas, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Henderson, Texas. The current airport manager is Alexa Macanaly, since 2020.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RFI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Rusk County Airport covers an area of 521acres at an elevation of 442 feet (135 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 4,006 by 75 feet (1,221 x 23 m) and 12/30 is 3,002 by 75 feet (915 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 27, 2019, the airport had 12,400 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 41 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 30, 2019.
  2. Web site: Rusk County Airport, Texas (FAA: RFI, IATA: none, ICAO: KRFI) . Great Circle Mapper . August 22, 2010.

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