| State: | AR |
| Type: | AR |
| Route: | 272 |
| Length Round: | 2 |
| Length Mi1: | 2.06 |
| Length Ref1: | [1] |
| Direction A1: | East |
| Direction B1: | West |
| Terminus A1: | in Waldron |
| Terminus B1: | Waldron Municipal Airport |
| Length Mi2: | 1.58 |
| Direction A2: | West |
| Direction B2: | East |
| Terminus A2: | in Queen Wilhelmina State Park |
| Counties: | Polk, Scott |
| Previous Type: | US |
| Previous Route: | 271 |
| Next Type: | AR |
| Next Route: | 273 |
Highway 272 (AR 272, Ark. 272, and Hwy. 272) is a designation for two east–west state highways in the Ouachita Mountains region of western Arkansas. One segment of 2.06miles runs west from U.S. Route 71 Business (US 71B) in Waldron to the Waldron Municipal Airport.[2] A second route of 1.58miles begins at US 59/US 270 at Rich Mountain and runs west to Highway 88 at Queen Wilhelmina State Park.[3] Both routes are owned and maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
The highway begins at US 71B (Main St) in Waldron and runs west as Crumptown Rd. The highway has a brief overlap with US 71, called an officially designated exception. Following this overlap, the highway breaks west and terminates at the Waldron Municipal Airport.
The highway begins about 12miles northwest of Mena and is within Polk County for its entire length. The western terminus of the route is at Highway 88 in Queen Wilhelmina State Park, near the summit of Rich Mountain. The eastern terminus is at the concurrency of U.S. Route 270 and U.S. Route 59. The highway gains over 650 feet (200 m) along its course.
The segment between Waldron and the airport was adopted as a state highway by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on March 28, 1973.[4]
|-| align=center colspan=6 | Highway 272 begins in at US 59/US 270