Tri-City Airport (Kansas)

Tri-City Airport
Tri-City Airport
	IATA: PPF; ICAO: KPPF; FAA LID: PPF;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Parsons
Serves	Parsons, Kansas
Elevation AMSL	900 ft / 274 m
Coordinates	37°19′51″N095°30′22″W / 37.33083°N 95.50611°W
Runways
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	6,000
Based aircraft	15
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Last updated December 02, 2024

Tri-City Airport( IATA : PPF, ICAO : KPPF, FAA LID : PPF) is a public-use airport 12 miles west of Parsons, a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It serves Coffeyville, Independence, and Parsons, Kansas.

Historical airline service

Airline service to the area started in the early 1930s when National Air Transport stopped at Coffeyville on a route between Chicago and Dallas. In 1951 Ozark Airlines began a route from Kansas City to Tulsa stopping at Topeka, Coffeyville (McGugin Field), and Bartlesville, OK. Ozark's service to Coffeyville ended in 1954 but the airline continued to serve nearby Pittsburg, Kansas. In 1961, Central Airlines Douglas DC-3s began flying to Tri-City Airport (PPF) on a Kansas City - Parsons - Bartlesville - Oklahoma City route. Central Airlines merged into the original Frontier Airlines in 1967, and Frontier Convair 580s landed at Tri-City until 1977. From 1977 until 1989 PPF was served by Air Midwest with 17-seat Swearingen Metroliners to Kansas City, Tulsa, and Wichita. Air Midwest began a codeshare agreement with Eastern Airlines in 1986 and operated as Eastern Express until 1988. Air Midwest then changed their codeshare agreement to Braniff (1983-1990) and operated as Braniff Express. Service ended in April, 1989 and PPF has not seen airline flights since then.^[2]

Facilities

Tri-City Airport covers 802 acres (325 ha ) at an elevation of 900 feet (274 m). Its single runway, 17/35, is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).^[1]

In the year ending July 3, 2008 the airport had 6,000 aircraft operations, average 16 per day: 92% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 3% military. 15 aircraft were then based at this airport: 87% single-engine and 13% multi-engine.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for PPF PDF , effective 2009-07-02.
↑ Ozark Airlines, Central Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Air Midwest, Eastern, and Braniff timetables

External links

Aerial photo as of 7 October 1991 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
FAA Terminal Procedures for PPF , effective November 28, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PPF
- AirNav airport information for KPPF
- ASN accident history for PPF
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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[FAA-1] 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for PPF PDF , effective 2009-07-02.

[2] Ozark Airlines, Central Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Air Midwest, Eastern, and Braniff timetables

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