West Memphis Municipal Airport Explained

West Memphis Municipal Airport
Iata:AWM
Icao:KAWM
Faa:AWM
Type:Public
Owner:City of West Memphis
City-Served:Memphis metropolitan area
Location:West Memphis, Arkansas
Elevation-F:212
Elevation-M:65
Coordinates:35.135°N -90.2344°W
Pushpin Map:USA Arkansas#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Arkansas
Pushpin Label:AWM
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:6,003
R1-Length-M:1,830
R1-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:50,200
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:92
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

West Memphis Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of West Memphis, in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The airport is 10nmi southwest of General DeWitt Spain Airport in Memphis, Tennessee.

According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, West Memphis Municipal Airport is categorized as a reliever airport.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

West Memphis Municipal Airport covers an area of 494acres which contains one concrete paved runway (17/35) measuring 6,003 x 100 ft (1,830 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2021, the airport had 50,200 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day:100% general aviation and <1% military. There were 92 aircraft based at this airport: 67 single-engine, 20 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 1 helicopter.

See also

References

  1. , effective 2023-09-07
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011