Southwest Arkansas Aviation

at Hope Municipal Airport

From John Aldous on 21-Jun-2009

On a trip from North Florida to Ada, OK, AirNav gave me M18 as a reasonably priced fuel stop, indicating $3.60 for SS 100LL. When I arrived, the fuel was $4.75/gal SS, less than 3 weeks from the prior posting. There were no attendants, the FBO was open and not air conditioned, restrooms were hot, but clean. Although there appeared to be a few people next door performing maintenance, no one asked if we needed assistance of any kind, nor made any attempt to greet us. This was a very different stop from what we are normally used to seeing in the South. The appearance is that Southeast Arkansas Aviation doesn't care if you come back. Rest assured, I will steer clear of Hope, Arkansas.
 

From Claude "Sandy" Thomas on 27-May-2008

The massive storms that hit Texarkana on May 22, 08 caused us to divert to Hope, arriving just as another downpour occurred. Dean took care of us, including recommending a hotel and giving us a lift. Thank you!
 

From David Tanner on 18-Mar-2008

Great friendly place, cheap fuel and easy to get in and out of too. Don't try to land on 22! There are FEMA trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina parked all over the place. Neat old terminal building. The service was great too. The guy at the airport (I'm embarrassed to say I forgot his name) let us use his personal car to go into town for a bite to eat and helped us with the self serve fuel.
 

From Bill Hoglan on 01-Oct-2007

Interesting stop. Beautiful historic Terminal/FBO building worth seeing. Parked full of local's airplanes. Then there are the 15, 000 FEMA Trailers for Hurricane Katrina stored there that are wasting away. No doubt a Clinton connection. Good fuel stop with friendly people.