| Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport | |
| Iata: | SLR |
| Icao: | KSLR |
| Faa: | SLR |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Sulphur Springs |
| City-Served: | Sulphur Springs, Texas |
| Elevation-F: | 489 |
| Website: | www.SLR.aero |
| Coordinates: | 33.1597°N -95.6211°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Texas |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Texas |
| Pushpin Label: | SLR |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| R1-Number: | 1/19 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,001 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
| Stat-Year: | 2009 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 17,910 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 74 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Sulphur Springs, a city in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] The airport is situated on the shores of Lake Sulphur Springs.[3]
It was named Texas Airport of the Year for 2003 by the Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division.[4]
Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres (80 ha) at an elevation of 489 feet (149 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with a concrete surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2009, the airport had 17,910 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 74 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet, 1% helicopter, and 1% ultralight.