Tri-City Airport – PPF Parsons
Tri-City Airport is a public general aviation airport located in the city of Parsons, Labette County, Kansas, United States. The airport has an assigned IATA airport code of PPF that managed the air traffic operations of Parsons and the surrounding cities of Grove, Picher and Vinita. Tri-City Airport was as the training based of the Cherryvale Army Air Force during the World War II. Today, the airport is primarily used for general aviation activities which include refueling, pilot instruction services and aircraft rentals.
Best Time to Visit
Tri-City Airport covers a total land area of 325 hectares and resides in an altitude of 900. It has a single designated 17/25 asphalt runway measuring 1524 meters long that has handled nearly 6,000 aircraft movements that mostly for general aviation and air taxi as recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration. It is the base hub of 15 aircrafts; 13 single-engine airplanes and 2 multi-engine airplanes.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Visitors of Parsons have plenty of hotel accommodations choices just within kilometers away from the airport. Among the nearest and affordable hotels to choice from are Sleep Inn and Suites Coffeyville, the comfy Quality Inn and the nearby Apple Tree Inn and Suites. These hotels are also close to some of the city’s attractions that include Bristol Motor Speedway and Warriors’ Path State Park.
The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) is a public-used airport located in Hamilton County, Tennessee. It is nearest airport Tri-City Airport that caters the air flight passenger services of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
