Definition
A public-use general aviation airport located in Carthage, Texas, serving Panola County, identified by the FAA as 4F2. It is named Sharpe Field and appears in the Instrument Procedures Handbook as the example airport for an NDB (Non-Directional Beacon) instrument approach procedure.
Plain English
A small county airport in east Texas used in the FAA handbook as a worked example of how to fly an NDB approach.
Context Anchor
Seen on the approach chart title and airport information area in the NDB approach example.
Why Pilots Care
The airport itself is just a real-world example. What matters is that the NDB approach procedure shown for this field is the one the handbook uses to walk pilots through the steps, timing, and minimums of an NDB approach.
Intuition Check
Do not read “Field” here as a farm field or open land. In an airport name, “Field” means an airport or landing field.
Example Sentence 1
Figure 4-54 shows the NDB approach into Carthage/Panola County Sharpe Field as a teaching example.
Example Sentence 2
Figure 4-54 shows the final approach segment into Carthage/Panola County Sharpe Field using the NDB.