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M70 Pocahontas Municipal Airport
Pocahontas, Arkansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: M70
Lat/Long: 36-14-43.8400N / 090-57-18.7360W
36-14.730667N / 090-57.312267W
36.2455111 / -90.9552044
(estimated)
Elevation: 273 ft. / 83.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04E (1980)
From city: 1 mile SE of POCAHONTAS, AR
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 72455

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: ST LOUIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: JONESBORO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: JBR (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36 AND REIL RY 18 - 122.7. PAPI RY 18 OPER CONT.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3 at ARG (7 nm S): 135.925 (870-886-2537)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PROVIDED BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 120.075/289.4 (WALNUT RIDGE RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ARGr355/8.1WALNUT RIDGE VORTAC114.5004E
JBRr319/28.5JONESBORO VOR/DME108.6002E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
LAWRENCE COUNTY326/2.922701ETNZ - -. --..
PARAGOULD296/24.238301EPGR .--. --. .-.
ASH FLAT080/31.834403EAJX .- .--- -..-
NEWPORT013/37.840004EEWP . .-- .--.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
24 HR SELF SVC FUEL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3999 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 19.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 36-15.059550N36-14.400500N
Longitude: 090-57.307183W090-57.317850W
Elevation: 271.3 ft.271.1 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 177 magnetic, 181 true357 magnetic, 001 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesno
Obstructions: 12 ft. road, 580 ft. from runway, 31:1 slope to clear54 ft. tree, 1180 ft. from runway, 285 ft. right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF POCAHONTAS
PO BOX 896
POCAHONTAS, AR 72455
Phone 870-892-3924
Manager: N. RAY CAMPBELL
PO BOX 896
POCAHONTAS, AR 72455
Phone 870-926-1513

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 17
Single engine airplanes: 14
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 96/week *
80% local general aviation
20% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 29 February 2008

Additional Remarks

ULTRALIGHT ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 5 June 2008 at 0901Z and 3 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR OR GPS RWY 36 **CHANGED**   download (198KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KARG - Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (7 nm S)
4M9 - Corning Municipal Airport (18 nm NE)
KPGR - Kirk Field Airport (24 nm SE)
KJBR - Jonesboro Municipal Airport (29 nm SE)
KCVK - Sharp County Regional Airport (29 nm W)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of M70 (Pocahontas Municipal Airport)
Photo courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics
Taken in the Spring of 2007

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From to M70

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2310:23
Sunrise05:5310:53
Sunset20:2401:24
Evening civil twilight20:5401:54

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2008 23:18:00
Local (UTC-5)  05-Jul-2008 18:18:00
 
METAR
KARG 
8nm S 
052255Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM BKN028 29/22 A2993 RMK AO1 LTG DSNT W
TAF
KJBR 
29nm SE 
051730Z 051818 20004KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 BKN060 FM0600 13003KT 4SM BR SCT025 FM1000 18003KT 2SM BR SCT005 FM1300 19004KT 4SM BR SCT008 FM1500 21006KT 6SM HZ SCT015
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Hotels near Pocahontas Municipal Airport

Miles Price ($)
DAYS INN SUITES POCAHONTAS 0.7 
SCOTTISH INNS POCAHONTAS 1.9 

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    
 

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