Rusk County Airport (ICAO: KRFI, FAA LID: RFI, formerly F12) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Rusk County, Texas, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Henderson, Texas.[1] The current airport manager is Ron Franks, since 2013.

Rusk County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KRFI FAA LID: RFI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Rusk County
Serves	Henderson, Texas
Elevation AMSL	442 ft / 135 m
Coordinates	32°08′30″N 094°51′06″W
Website	RuskCountyAirport.com
Map
RFI
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 4,004 1,220 Asphalt 12/30 3,002 915 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 10,000 Based aircraft 20
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RFI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Rusk County Airport covers an area of 521 acres (211 ha) at an elevation of 442 feet (135 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 4,004 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m) and 12/30 is 3,002 by 75 feet (915 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 16, 2008, the airport had 10,000 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% military. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 5% glider and 10% ultralight.[1]

References

External links

• Rusk County Airport, official site
• "Rusk County (RFI)" (PDF). at Texas DOT
• Aerial image as of January 1996 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for RFI, effective August 11, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for RFI
  • AirNav airport information for KRFI
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures