FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 42A |
| Lat/Long: | 36-04-15.5290N 091-49-48.4880W
36-04.258817N 091-49.808133W
36.0709803,-91.8301356
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 734.8 ft. / 224.0 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 01E (2005) |
| From city: | 3 miles E of MELBOURNE, AR |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 72556 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 01/1994 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | MEMPHIS CENTER |
| FSS: | JONESBORO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | JBR (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-SAT DAYLIGHT HOURS |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RWY 03/21 & REIL RWY 03/21 - CTAF |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 122.9 |
| WX AWOS-3PT: | 121.575 (870-916-2768) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 126.85/281.55 (HARRISON RCAG).
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
100LL:SELF SERVE FUEL H24 WITH CREDIT CARD. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 3/21
| Dimensions: | 4003 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m
150 FT PAVED STOPWAY EACH END - FULL STRENGTH. |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
| Latitude: | 36-03.978357N | | 36-04.539282N |
| Longitude: | 091-50.021917W | | 091-49.594318W |
| Elevation: | 734.8 ft. | | 708.9 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 031 magnetic, 032 true | | 211 magnetic, 212 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 42 ft. tree, 1800 ft. from runway, 465 ft. right of centerline, 38:1 slope to clear | | 50 ft. tree, 1550 ft. from runway, 425 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF MELBOURNE
PO BOX 800
MELBOURNE, AR 72556
Phone 870-368-4215 |
| Manager: | KEN CLARK
P.O. BOX 800
MELBOURNE, AR 72556
Phone (870) 291-1227 |
Additional Remarks
| - | FOR CD CTC MEMPHIS ARTCC AT 901-368-8453/8449. |
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 from 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (194KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (181KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (145KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (388KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
6M2 - Horseshoe Bend Airport (10 nm N)
KCVK - Sharp County Regional Airport (17 nm NE)
7M2 - Mountain View Airport-Wilcox Memorial Field (18 nm SW)
KBVX - Batesville Regional Airport (23 nm SE)
KHBZ - Heber Springs Municipal Airport (35 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics
Taken in the Spring of 2007
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 04-Dec-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:35 | | 12:35 |
| Sunrise | | 07:03 | | 13:03 |
| Sunset | | 16:52 | | 22:52 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:20 | | 23:20 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 04-Dec-2025 12:41:02 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 04-Dec-2025 06:41:02 |
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| METAR |
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KBVX
23nm S | 041156Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW015 SCT120 00/M01 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP266 T00001011 10006 21006 53018 FZRANO
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KFLP
33nm NW | 041156Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM -RA BR OVC015 01/M01 A3030 RMK AO2 RAB39 PRESRR SLP263 P0000 60000 T00111006 10017 21011 51007 FZRANO
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KBPK
36nm NW | 041153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC012 01/M02 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP254 T00061017 10011 21011 55000 PWINO FZRANO
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KM19
41nm SE | 041156Z AUTO 36004KT 5SM BR BKN100 M01/M02 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP273 T10061017 10006 21017 50016 FZRANO $
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KCCA
41nm SW | 041215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN018 OVC095 02/M01 A3028 RMK AO2
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KARG
44nm E | 041211Z AUTO 05008KT 6SM BR FEW013 BKN018 OVC110 01/M01 A3029 RMK AO2 FZRANO $
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KBPK
36nm NW | 041120Z 0412/0512 00000KT P6SM BKN015 OVC090 TEMPO 0412/0416 4SM -SN OVC007 FM041800 07005KT P6SM OVC100 FM050300 11002KT P6SM FEW250
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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