Henry County Airport is a county-owned public-use
airport
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located northwest of the
central business district
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of
Paris
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, a city in
Henry County,
Tennessee
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,
United States
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.
The current Airport Manager is Mr. Bobby Nolan.
Facilities and aircraft
Henry County Airport covers an area of which contains one
asphalt
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paved
runway
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(2/20) measuring . For the 12-month period ending July 11, 2000, the airport had 16,445 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 99.5%
general aviation
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and 0.5%
air taxi
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History
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.
Civil Air Patrol
Henry County Airport has been home to the Henry County Composite Squadron of the
Tennessee Wing Civil Air Patrol for over 25 years. Founded in December 1993 at the
Tennessee Army National Guard
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armory in Paris, the squadron constructed its own facility on the far end of the airport in 1995, opposite the terminal, at the Grant Grissom Headquarters Building.
The building was dedicated in 2001 for Cadet Senior Airman Richard Grant Grissom, who was killed in a vehicular accident in
Murray, Kentucky
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on September 10, 1999. The Squadron was 2001 Squadron of Merit, 2004 Squadron of Merit, and 2003 Tennessee Wing Squadron of the Year.
See also
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List of airports in Tennessee
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References
External links
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Airports in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Henry County, Tennessee
Transportation in Henry County, Tennessee
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