Quick look rating: 4/5 Experience
What a great find of a little airport, and I mean a little airpot!
Just to the north of Dallas, Texas just under a hundred miles, right near highway 35 lies this cute little airport. It is very close to the southern border of Oklahoma right near the Texas, Oklahoma border.
After a tough week, I took a little adventure to the north of Dallas on highway 35 for a discovery/adventure trip. I had stopped and talked to some locals and found out a rumor of a fantastic catfish restaurant, that some folks would fly into the small airport and wonder over for their catfish! Now that seems like it must be some damn good catfish to me! It must be in how fresh the fish must be and the breading!
Ok, so I was on adventure to learn more. I found this little airport where they would fly into and boy is it small!
The restaurant for this fantastic catfish is known as McGehee Catfish Resturant and has high marks with Yelp so far! A four out of five with currently 25 reviews, but who else knows about this hidden gem that even pilots are willing to fly into this little airport for fresh catfish.
This catfish restaurant must be good to have so many pilots and their customers fling in for catfish!
What I loved is from observation that this is a cute little airport! How fun!
***Below is the info for pilots:
Lat / Long: 33.9359338889, -97.0544547222
Elevation: 862
Tower: No
Runway 16/34 [2300 x 60 ft.]
Runway 09/27 [1750 x 60 ft.]
From city: 3 miles S of MARIETTA, OK
Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
Airport Communications:
WX AWOS-3 at 1F0 (13 nm N): 118.15 (580-226-1536)
WX AWOS-3 at GLE (18 nm SW): 118.375 (940-612-3549)
Runway 16/34
Dimensions: 2300 x 60 ft. / 701 x 18 m
Surface: turf
Runway edge markings: 16/34 & 09/27 RWYS OUTLINE MKD BY TIRES.
RUNWAY 16 RUNWAY 34
Traffic pattern: left left
Markings: NSTD NSTD
Obstructions: 40 ft. pline, marked, 400 ft. from runway none
Runway 9/27
Dimensions: 1750 x 60 ft. / 533 x 18 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 9 RUNWAY 27
Traffic pattern: left left
Markings: NSTD NSTD
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: ROBERT E. TRAVIS
HC 67 BOX 25
MARIETTA, OK 93448
Phone 405-276-9267
Manager: ROBERT E. TRAVIS
HC 67 BOX 25
MARIETTA, OK 93448
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