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Comprehensive Plan, City of Paris, Texas Municipal Services and Natural Features COX FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT _ Existing Facilities and Services. Cox Field is located approximately five miles east of the central business district of Paris. The airport is situated on a 1600-acre site adjacent to U.S. Highway 271 and at an elevation of 547 feet above sea level. The airport serves the Lamar County/Northeast Texas region as a"business service" airport facility. Existing airport facilities at Cox Field include: • 6,000'x150' lighted primary runway, 30,000 lbs. (SWG) pavement strength; • Complete pazallel taxiway system; • Two 4,625'x 1 50'crosswind runways, 26,000 lbs. (SWG) pavement strength; • Non-precision VHF Omni-directional Range (VOR-DME) approach; • 28,300 sq. ft. apron and parking ramp; aircraft tie-downs; • Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASI-4) lighting system - Runway 35; • Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) runway 17 • Airport rotating beacon; wind cone and segmented circle; • Unicom: 123.00; • Expanded and renovated aiiport terminal building facilities. • T-hangars and conventional hangar storage; and • Installation of Automatic Weather Observation System (AWOS). Services provided at the airport include: • Full fixed base operator (F.B.O.) services; • Fuel sales, 100 octane, jet-A fuel; • Aircraft repairs, major and minor; • Aircraft rentals; sales; • Flight instruction; • Agricultural spray operations. Airport Development Plan. To accommodate expected increases in aviation activity in Paris and northeast Texas, continued development of airport facilities will be required over the next twenty years. As part of the recently completed Airport Master Plan, several major improvements were identified as top priority with respect to safety and airport utility. The Cox Field development program includes: • Land acquisition for future airport expansion; • Installation of improved NAVAID facilities including localizer equipment; • Taxiway extensions for airport-related industrial development. Water Service. The entire airport complex needs to be considered when planning improvements to meet water system needs today and into the future. Due to the size of construction, minimum flows for the current facilities should be 1,500 to 2,000 gpm. As the City plans airport industrial development, the City needs to target appropriate water improvements. Airport Industrial Development. A new terminal building was completed in 1999. There are approximately 447 acres identified in the Airport Master Plan that are available for light S:\95288\WPClfinal repurt 2-01.aic 26 BWR