Parker County Airport
The airport serves the city of Weatherford, and is located approximately 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the central business district.[2][3] Despite this rule, a student pilot was killed in 2001 when he overran runway 35 on landing and struck a semi-trailer truck traveling eastbound, resulting in the highway being closed for several hours.[5][6] Additionally, two occupants of a Piper PA-22 Colt were seriously injured when the aircraft struck the embankment on approach to runway 17 in 1993.[7] For the 12-month period ending April 28, 2016, the airport had 25,240 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 99% general aviation and less than 1% military.At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine, with no jets, helicopters, ultralights, or gliders.