Stuttgart Municipal Airport
Stuttgart Municipal Airport is in Prairie County, Arkansas. It is eight miles north of Stuttgart, which owns the airport and is the county seat of Arkansas County's northern district. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
History
Stuttgart Municipal Airport dates to 1942 when it was built by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used as an advanced twin-engine flying school and glider training. With the end of World War II, Stuttgart Army Airfield was declared excess and closed on 5 August 1946. It was conveyed though the War Assets Administration to the City of Stuttgart to establish a municipal airport.Trans-Texas DC-3s stopped at Stuttgart from 1953 to 1958–59.
Facilities
Stuttgart Municipal Airport covers at an elevation of 224 feet. It has two runways: 9/27 is 5,002 by 150 feet concrete; 18/36 is 6,015 by 100 feet asphalt.In the year ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 60,700 aircraft operations, average 166 per day: 91% general aviation, 6% military, and 4% air taxi. 22 aircraft were then based at the airport: 17 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 2 jet and 1 helicopter.