| Wharton Regional Airport | |
| Iata: | WHT |
| Icao: | KARM |
| Faa: | ARM |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Wharton |
| City-Served: | Wharton, Texas, United States |
| Elevation-F: | 100 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Texas |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Texas |
| Pushpin Label: | WHT |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 29.2542°N -96.1542°W |
| R1-Number: | 14/32 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2023 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 4/14/2023) |
| Stat1-Data: | 4,480 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Wharton Regional Airport is a public airport located five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district of Wharton, a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the City of Wharton.
Note that ARM was assigned to Armidale Airport in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.[2] The airport's former FAA identifier was 5R5.[3]
Wharton Regional Airport covers an area of 124acres which contains one asphalt paved runway (14/32) measuring 5,004 x 75 ft (1,525 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 14, 2023, the airport had 4,480 aircraft operations, an average of 86 per week: 98% general aviation and 2% military.
The airport is used by the South Texas Balloon Launch Team, an amateur radio balloon group based out of Houston, for free float balloon launches. The team launch BLT-27 on Saturday, August 20, 2019 at 10am. [4]