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KF44 · Athens Municipal Airport

ICAO · US · 6 NTSB events

ID KF44 FAA F44 Elev 444 ft Lat 32° 9.83' N Lon 95° 49.70' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,988 ft. Max gradient: 0.04%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
17 180° 3,988 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —
35 360° 3,988 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 2 frequencies

  • CNTR FORT WORTH CNTR 135.250
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 123.000

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KF44 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 4 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (4 sentences)
  • ·FERAL HOGS ON AND INVOF ARPT.
  • ·FOR CD CTC FORT WORTH ARTCC AT 817-858-7584.
  • ·THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.
  • ·ALSO 15 FT RD AT 160 DSTC, 235 L, 0:1. 11 FT ROAD 160 FT DSTC, 235 FT L. 12-25 FT TREES ON FENCELINE 0-200 FT DSTC, 247 R.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

6 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

6

since 1982

Fatal

1

16.7% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

1

≈ 0.1/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 12,000 ops in 1990

2024 total

11,725

10-yr total

111,650

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 99% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

9.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

1.49

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Gear-up landing 1

All time · n=6

  • Other 2
  • Loss of control 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Gear-up landing 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2020-08-21 Beech 55 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2009-03-04 Beech A36 · Other · VMC · day →
2008-07-26 Cessna 172 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2000-07-11 Cessna T210J · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1993-10-22 Cessna 150L · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1988-09-18 Aeronca 11AC · Other · day →

Designees in TX

CFI Flight Instructors 6,561 A&P Mechanics 27,501 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 167 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 22 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 37 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 24 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 15 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 76 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 153 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 232 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 304 ODA Organizational Designations 11 Schools Flight Schools 183 FBO Fixed Base Operators 244 Clubs Flying Clubs 64 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 41 EAA EAA Chapters 43

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Joseph Claude Casey Rusk TX 41 nm
John Michael Hardin Terrell TX 41 nm
John Albert Gordy Royse City TX 55 nm
Bruce Allen Chase Longview TX 58 nm
Martin Maxwell Cupp Dallas TX 61 nm
Carol Lynn Walker Midlothian TX 62 nm
Peter Setian Midlothian TX 62 nm
Matthew David Morgan Evans Grand Prairie TX 68 nm
Poliana Guimaraes Perotto Grand Prairie TX 68 nm
Bradley Frank Smith Addison TX 70 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Gregory Todd Garrett Athens TX 2 nm
David Howard Mahan Athens TX 2 nm
Edwin Jackson Torbett Athens TX 2 nm
Timothy Tillman Hardin Athens TX 2 nm
Bryon Scott Decastro Athens TX 2 nm
John Wesley Sealey Athens TX 2 nm
John James Watts Murchison TX 8 nm
Dylan Forney Murchison TX 8 nm
Adolf Harald Schmied Malakoff TX 10 nm
James David Miller Larue TX 10 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Edwin Jackson Torbett Athens TX 2 nm
Randal Wayne Ball Athens TX 2 nm
Carroll Glynn Dyson Athens TX 2 nm
James Walter Grunenwald Athens TX 2 nm
Bruce Duncan Guest Athens TX 2 nm
James Gerard Saia Athens TX 2 nm
David Waldon Stewart Athens TX 2 nm
Thomas Lynn Waters Athens TX 2 nm
Jere Lee Gunstanson Athens TX 2 nm
Rickey Allen Stroupe Athens TX 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Poplawski Aircraft Painting
Ennis, TX
 43 nm
Bombardier Service Center
Dallas, TX
 65 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Dallas, TX
Irving, TX
 69 nm
Addison Avionics Group, LLC
Addison, TX
 70 nm
Aviation Maintenance Professionals
Arlington, TX
 71 nm
Air-O Specialists of Texas
McKinney, TX
 72 nm
Select Avionics, LLC
Mckinney, TX
 72 nm
Mach Aircraft Maintenance
McKinney, TX
 78 nm
Certified Aircraft Maintenance, Inc
Burleson, TX
 79 nm
Byam Propeller Service, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
 87 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.