| Batesville Regional Airport | |
| Iata: | BVX |
| Icao: | KBVX |
| Faa: | BVX |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Batesville |
| City-Served: | Batesville, Arkansas |
| Elevation-F: | 465 |
| Elevation-M: | 142 |
| Website: | BatesvilleRegionalAirport.com |
| Coordinates: | 35.7261°N -91.6475°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Arkansas#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Arkansas |
| Pushpin Label: | BVX |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 8/26 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,002 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,829 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 18/36 |
| R2-Length-F: | 2,804 |
| R2-Length-M: | 855 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2008 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 35,000 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 53 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Batesville Regional Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) south of the central business district of Batesville, in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of Batesville.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]
Batesville Regional Airport covers an area of 398 acres (161 ha) at an elevation of 465 feet (142 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 6,002 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 2,804 by 60 feet (855 x 18 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2008, the airport had 35,000 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 86% general aviation, 9% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 21% multi-engine and 2% jet.
On November 29, 2022, a Learjet 45 (N988MC) overran the end of runway 8 (1829 meters long) by 370 meters crossing runway 36 and two fields ending up next to U.S. Highway 167, sustaining substantial damage but no apparent injuries to the two crew members or the five passengers onboard the aircraft.