Arkansas World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Arkansas for training fighter and bomber pilots and aircrews.
Most of the airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command. However the other USAAF support commands ; Air Transport Command commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles.
It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.
Major Airfields
Army Air Force Training CommandSoutheast Training Center/AAF Eastern Flying Training Command
- Blytheville Army Air Field, 3 miles north of Blytheville
- Newport Army Air Field, 6 miles northeast of Newport
- Stuttgart Army Air Field, 5 miles north of Stuttgart
- Walnut Ridge Army Air Field, 4 miles north of Walnut Ridge
- Adams Field, 4 miles east of Little Rock
- Grider Field, 5 miles east of Pine Bluff
Known Secondary Facilities
- Carlisle
- Cooter Auxiliary Field
- Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield
- Hazen
- Hope Army Air Field
- Hornersville Auxiliary Field
- Manila Auxiliary Field
- Praireville
- Steele Auxiliary Field
- Ridge Army Air Base