Blytheville Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Blytheville
OperatorNorth Delta Aviation.
ServesBlytheville, Arkansas
Opened1960
Elevation AMSL256 ft / 78 m
Coordinates35°56′26″N 089°49′51″W / 35.94056°N 89.83083°W / 35.94056; -89.83083
Map
HKA is located in Arkansas
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Location of airport in Arkansas
HKA is located in the United States
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HKA (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations41,000
Based aircraft17

Blytheville Municipal Airport (also called Wallace Thomas Field) (IATA: HKA, ICAO: KHKA, FAA LID: HKA) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) east of the central business district of Blytheville, in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of Blytheville.[1]

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

History

The Blytheville Municipal Airport was constructed in 1959 to replace the city's former municipal airport, which was sold to the US Air Force to be turned into Blytheville Air Force Base.[3] The runway was finished by October of 1959, and soon after hangers and offices were constructed on the site.[4][5]

In May 2023, the facility was renamed to Wallace Thomas Field, after a former airport board member.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Blytheville Municipal Airport covers an area of 88 acres (36 ha) at an elevation of 256 feet (78 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2009, the airport had 41,000 aircraft operations, an average of 112 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 6% helicopter, and 6% ultralight.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for HKA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 25 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Airport Here Due For Construction in Spring of '59". The Courier News. 1958-12-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  4. ↑ "New Blytheville Municipal Airport's Runway under construction". The Courier News. 1959-10-16. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  5. ↑ "New Maintenance Hanger at Blytheville Municipal Airport". The Courier News. 1960-12-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  6. ↑ Richter, B. Kay (May 17, 2023). "Municipal Airport Renamed "Wallace Thomas Field"". North East Arkansas Town Courier. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
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