Lone Star Executive Airport

Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport
IATA: CXO – ICAO: KCXO – FAA LID: CXO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Montgomery County
Serves	Houston, Texas
Location	Conroe, Texas
Elevation AMSL	245 ft / 75 m
Coordinates	30°21′09″N 095°24′52″W / 30.35250°N 95.41444°WCoordinates: 30°21′09″N 095°24′52″W / 30.35250°N 95.41444°W
Website	www.lonestarexecutiveairport.org
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 7,501 1,829 Concrete 1/19 5,000 1,524 Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 80,060 Based aircraft 254
Sources: airport web site[1] and FAA[2]

Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (IATA: CXO, ICAO: KCXO, FAA LID: CXO), formerly known as "Lone Star Executive Airport" is a county-owned public-use airport located in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas, United States,^[1] 37 miles (60 km) north of the central business district of Houston.^[2] It was formerly known as Montgomery County Airport.

History

Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport was constructed during World War II to serve as a military facility, but was converted in 1945 to be a predominately civilian airfield.^[3]

Facilities

Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport covers an area of 1,277 acres (517 ha) which contains two runways: 14/32 with a 7,501 x 150 ft (1,829 x 46 m) concrete pavement and 1/19 with a 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) concrete surface.^[2]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2010, the airport had 78,432 aircraft operations, an average of 215 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% military and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 254 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 3% jet, 3% helicopter and 5% military.^[2]

There are currently two Fixed Based Operators at the airport: Galaxy FBO and General Aviation FBO.

The airport added ARFF Aircraft rescue and firefighting in 2015 with AR-1 Oshkosh Corporation P-19.

Accidents and incidents

• On June 20, 1996, Douglas DC-3A N23WT of Loren Davis Ministries International was destroyed in a crash at Cut and Shoot, Texas. The aircraft was on a training flight based at Conroe Airport when an engine failure occurred. The co-pilot did not hear the call to feather the propellor on the affected engine. The aircraft flew into a tree, hit power lines and was destroyed in the subsequent fire.^[4] A witness stated that the aircraft was lifted off with insufficient airspeed. The crew also attempted to fly the aircraft at an incorrect airspeed following the engine failure.^[5]
• On January 3, 2012, a pilot flying a 1985 Cessna 172P with a 180 HP engine from West Houston Airport to Lone Star Executive Airport reported losing power to her aircraft. She made an emergency landing in a city street in Conroe.[5] The Daily Mail said that the pilot "has been commended after completing the landing". The plane was totaled however and rests at Lone Star Executive airport
• On September 19, 2014, NetJets Flight 322,^[6] an Embraer Phenom 300 arriving from Nashville International Airport, slid off the runway.^[7] The area had recently been inundated by the remains of Hurricane Odile. Neither the pilot nor co-pilot were hurt.

References

1. Lone Star Executive Airport at Montgomery County web site
2. FAA Airport Master Record for CXO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
3. Jackson, Charles Christopher. "Conroe, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
4. "N23WT Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
5. "FTW96FA262". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
6. "Netjets Aviation #322 ✈ 19-Sep-2014 ✈ KBNA - KCXO". FlightAware.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
7. "Plane slides off runway at regional airport in Conroe". KPRC-TV. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CXO
  • AirNav airport information for KCXO
  • ASN accident history for CXO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures