🇺🇸 North Texas Regional Airport Perrin Field

The North Texas Regional Airport/Perrin Field (KGYI, IATA: PNX) is a public airport owned by Grayson County, Texas, serving the Sherman/Denison area. It is located approximately 4 miles west of Sherman/Denison.

Type of facility and operations:

• It is open to the public and has an airport traffic control tower, which operates from 0700-1900.
• The airport offers 100LL and Jet A fuel.
• In 2007, the airport had 53,300 aircraft operations, predominantly general aviation (98%).
• It has two operational runways:
• Runway 18L/36R: 9,000 ft x 150 ft, asphalt-concrete surface, in good condition, with medium intensity runway edge lights. It has a Category I Instrument Landing System (ILS) to Runway 18L.
• Runway 18R/36L: 4,008 ft x 100 ft, asphalt-concrete surface, in poor condition.
• A third runway, 13/31, measuring 2,277 ft x 60 ft with an asphalt surface, is also listed.

Notable features or history:

• The airport is situated on the site of the former Perrin Air Force Base, which operated from 1941 to 1971.
• Aviation expert Chesley Sullenberger (pilot of US Airways Flight 1549) developed an interest in flying after observing fighters take off from this location as a young man.
• The Perrin Air Force Base Historical Museum is located at the airport, and Grayson County College utilizes several buildings and operates the former base golf course.
• As of January 1, 2024, the Cavanaugh Flight Museum announced it would be moving its aircraft collection to North Texas Regional Airport.

Current status:

• The airport is operational.
• There is an active construction notice at the airport.
• The airport covers 1,410 acres at an elevation of 749 feet.

*Sources researched: northtexasregionalairport.com, nfdc.faa.gov, en.wikipedia.org, airnav.com*