Cedar Mills, TX

Location Overview
Visiting Cedar Mills Airport feels less like landing at an airfield and more like arriving at a lakeside getaway. The grass strip sits on about 15 acres roughly three miles north of the small town of Gordonville, Texas, right on the shores of Lake Texoma, a sprawling reservoir straddling the Texas-Oklahoma border that's long been a favorite escape for boating, fishing, and lake life. The single runway, 7/25, at an elevation of about 640 feet MSL, is built directly into the grounds of Cedar Mills Marina & Resort, so there's no taxiing to a terminal or rental car counter here; pilots roll off the grass and are immediately on resort property, with cabins, docks, and open water just steps from where they parked. The surrounding area is quiet and rural, framed by wooded hillsides on one side and open lake views on the other, with the kind of unhurried, small-town North Texas atmosphere that makes the trip feel more like a weekend retreat than a typical airport stop. It's an easy day trip or overnight jaunt from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but once you're there, the pace slows down considerably, more lake resort than transportation hub.

Camping & Recreation The airstrip is essentially a private aviation amenity built into a full lake resort. The marina provides Deluxe Cabins located right on the airstrip, giving pilots their own fly-and-stay experience, and the property also offers an RV park and camping area, boat slips, a fishing dock, a launch ramp, a lakeside restaurant, a ship's store, and even a petting zoo, so it functions as a fly-in/boat-in/drive-in vacation destination rather than a bare-bones airstrip. Pilots can tie down within about 75 feet of the cottages, and the resort hosts an annual fly-in event, a safety seminar paired with a "fly/splash-in" gathering, each October.

Notes & Warnings This is a tight grass strip with real obstacles, so caution is warranted. There are 40-foot trees 75 feet off the runway to the north and 80-foot trees 90 feet off the runway to the south of the Runway 25 centerline, and wildlife is present on and around the airport. The Runway 25 end is only about 70 feet from the lake, with a 10-foot drop-off, and there's an 80-foot tree just 34 feet from the runway's west edge near that same end. Pilot reports note that the runway markers are small posts rather than standard cones, and that after rain the south side of the runway near the cottages can hold an inch or more of standing water, while the north side drains better and has the higher, drier tiedown area; tiedown equipment on site includes metal cables and old ropes, but pilots are advised to bring their own. Clearance delivery is handled by Fort Worth ARTCC rather than a local tower, consistent with this being an uncontrolled field.

History Cedar Mills Airport has long operated as the private airstrip for Cedar Mills Marina & Resort, a family-oriented boating and fishing destination on Lake Texoma near Gordonville. Rather than serving commercial or general transient traffic, it was built specifically to let pilots fly directly into a lakeside vacation experience, landing on the grass strip and stepping straight into cabin life, boating, and lake recreation. Over the years it's become something of a niche destination in Texas aviation circles, well known among recreational pilots for its scenic approach over the lake and its role as the host site for the marina's long-running annual fly-in and safety seminar, now in its 24th year as of the 2025 event, a tradition that has helped cement the airstrip's reputation as a beloved fly-and-stay spot rather than just a utilitarian landing field.