North Little Rock Municipal Airport Explained

North Little Rock Municipal Airport
Icao:KORK
Faa:ORK
Type:Public
Owner:City of North Little Rock
City-Served:North Little Rock, Arkansas
Elevation-F:545
Elevation-M:166
Website:nlr.ar.gov
Coordinates:34.8331°N -92.2542°W
Pushpin Map:USA Arkansas#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Arkansas / United States
Pushpin Label:ORK
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:5,002
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:17/35
R2-Length-F:3,019
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 5/30/2021)
Stat1-Data:32,200
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:61
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

North Little Rock Municipal Airport is a public use airport in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of North Little Rock and located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) north of its central business district.

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport[2] for Little Rock National Airport.[3]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ORK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[4] (which assigned ORK to Cork Airport in Cork, Ireland).[5]

Facilities and aircraft

North Little Rock Municipal Airport covers an area of 621 acres (251 ha) at an elevation of 545 feet (166 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 17/35 is 3,019 by 75 feet (920 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2021, the airport had 32,200 aircraft operations, an average of 88 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 61 aircraft based at this airport: 50 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 3 jet, and 4 helicopter.

The airport's fixed-base operators (FBOs) are Barrett Aviation[6] and Air Charter Express.[7]

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 9, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) . 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 .
  3. Web site: North Little Rock Municipal Airport . October 19, 2011 .
  4. Web site: North Little Rock, Arkansas (FAA: ORK, ICAO: KORK) . Great Circle Mapper . October 19, 2011 .
  5. Web site: Cork Airport, Ireland (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) . Aviation Safety Network . October 19, 2011 .
  6. http://www.barrettaviation.com/ Barrett Aviation
  7. http://www.aceaircharter.com/ Air Charter Express

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