Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Houston County Airport (KDKR) is a single-runway public-use field in Crockett, Texas, serving light general aviation and business traffic. FAA TFMSC data shows business aviation activity as the dominant share of the airport's limited annual operations.
Houston County Airport has one paved runway, 02/20, 4,000 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Houston County Airport has 100LL available on the field. The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Houston County Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Conroe / North Houston Regional (KCXO), 57 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Houston County Airport recorded 110 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in May. Business aviation traffic at KDKR concentrates in the spring and summer months, peaking in May, according to FAA TFMSC data.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month May, 17 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Houston County Airport averages 27.2 days above 90°F in July and 10.5 freeze days in January. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 95.3°F, and January the coldest, at 59.1°F.
Weather station is 2.4 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Houston County Airport has published operating constraints in two categories: runway notes and other notes.
MIRL for runway 02/20 is preset to low intensity. To increase intensity, activate via CTAF. The MIRLs operate on a photocell at night only, with selectable intensity through CTAF.
8-foot trees are located 120 feet from the runway, 180 feet right.
Also, 50-foot trees are located 1,200 feet from the runway, on a 20:1 slope.
For clearance delivery, contact Houston ARTCC.
Self-serve fuel is available.
PAPI is out of service indefinitely.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Houston County Airport has five airfields within 39 NM. The closest is Palestine Municipal (KPSN), 32.33 NM northwest.
Part of the East and Central Texas area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
$600.00 catering order at KDKR.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Houston County Airport (KDKR) offers self-serve 100LL fuel only. There is no Jet A on the field, and the airport is unattended, so pilots handle fueling themselves at any time.
KDKR has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs airport is KCXO, located approximately 57 nautical miles away, so pilots arriving from abroad must plan a stop there before continuing to Houston County Airport.
Runway 02/20 at Houston County Airport is equipped with medium intensity runway lights (MIRL) preset to low intensity. Pilots can increase intensity via CTAF, and at night the lights operate on a photocell with selectable intensity through the same frequency.