Almyra Municipal Airport

Almyra Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: M73
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Almyra
Serves	Almyra, Arkansas
Elevation  AMSL	211 ft / 64 m
Coordinates	34°24′44″N091°27′59″W / 34.41222°N 91.46639°W / 34.41222; -91.46639
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 3,494 1,065 Asphalt 10/28 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations 54,100 Based aircraft 11
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1]

Almyra Municipal Airport( FAA LID : M73) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Almyra, a city in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. ^[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility. ^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Almyra Municipal Airport covers an area of 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 211 feet (64 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 is 3,494 by 60 feet (1,065 x 18 m) and 10/28 is 3,000 by 50 feet (914 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 54,100 aircraft operations, an average of 148 per day: 99% general aviation and <1% military. ^[1]

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces during 1942/43 as an axillary airfield for Stuttgart Army Airfield, near Stuttgart, Arkansas. It was known simply as Stuttgart Army Airfield Auxiliary #5. The runways in use today were built during that period. It was used to help train medium bomber and transport pilots, who used it for emergencies on it or practiced touch-and-go landings. It was not staffed, and at the end of World War II it was simply abandoned and the land turned over to local authorities, like many other small auxiliary airfields. ^[3]

The City of Almyra developed the current airport from the former military airfield. ^[4] Some of the old wartime runways and taxiways still can be seen, which have not been used since the war ended.

See also

• List of airports in Arkansas

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for M73 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB) Archived 2011-08-06 at the Wayback Machine . Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 Oct 2008.
3. Military Airfields in WW2 Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
4. airnav.com Almyra Municipal Airport

External links

• Aerial image as of 28 February 2000 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for M73 , effective November 30, 2023
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for M73
  • AirNav airport information for M73
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for M73