Horseshoe Bend Airport

Airport in Weatherford, TX

F78

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	3,000	914	Turf

Statistics (2016)

Aircraft operations	4,000
Based aircraft	13

Sources: Federal Aviation Administration^[1] unless noted otherwise

Horseshoe Bend Airport (FAA LID: F78) is a privately owned public airport in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, United States, located approximately 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of the central business district.^[1]^[2] The airport has no IATA or ICAO designation.^[3]

The airport is used solely for general aviation purposes.

Facilities

Horseshoe Bend Airport covers 24 acres (9.7 ha) at an elevation of 715 feet (218 m) above mean sea level (AMSL), and has one runway:

Runway 17/35: 3,000 x 30 ft. (914 x 9 m), surface: turf^[1]

For the 12-month period ending 27 April 2016, the airport had 4,000 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 100% general aviation. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine and 23% ultralights, with no multi-engine, jets, helicopters, nor gliders.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for F78 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration, Effective 26 April 2018.
^ "Texas Airport Directory - Weatherford, Horseshoe Bend (F78)" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "F78 - Weatherford [Horseshoe Bend Airport], TX, US - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

"Weatherford, Horseshoe Bend (F78)" (PDF). at Texas DOT Airport Directory
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for F78
- AirNav airport information for KF78
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures