Houston County Airport (Texas)

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Houston County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KDKR – FAA: DKR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Houston County
Location		Crockett, Texas
Elevation AMSL		348 ft / 106 m
Coordinates		31°18′25″N 095°24′14″W / 31.30694, -95.40389
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
2/20	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			6,600
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Houston County Airport (ICAO: KDKR, FAA LID: DKR) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Crockett, in Houston County, Texas, United States. It is owned by Houston County.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Houston County Airport is assigned DKR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned DKR to Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal). ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Houston County Airport covers an area of 55 acres (22 ha) which contains one Asphalt paved runway, 2/20, measuring 4,000 x 75 ft. (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending July 25, 2005, the airport had 6,600 aircraft operations, 100% of which were general aviation.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for DKR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KDKR - Crockett, Texas (Houston County Airport)
3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: DKR / GOOY - Dakar, Senegal (Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport)

[edit] External links

• Houston County Airport at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KDKR
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KDKR