Boone County Airport (Arkansas)

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Boone County Airport

Boone County Regional Airport
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UserKTrimble-HRO Aerial Oct 2009.jpg
Airport in 2009
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Boone County
Serves Harrison, Arkansas
Elevation  AMSL 1,365 ft / 416 m
Coordinates 36°15′41″N093°09′17″W / 36.26139°N 93.15472°W / 36.26139; -93.15472
Website www.boonecountyairport.com
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Boone County Airport (Arkansas)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/366,1611,878Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021)10,750
Based aircraft (2022)48
Departing passengers (12 months ending July 2018)5,110
Source: FAA [1] and airport website [2]

Boone County Airport( IATA : HRO, ICAO : KHRO, FAA LID : HRO) is a public airport in Boone County, Arkansas. [1] Also known as Boone County Regional Airport, [2] it is four miles northwest of Harrison, Arkansas [1] and serves the surrounding areas including Branson, Missouri. It is used for general aviation and sees one airline, a service subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $2,251,207 per year. [3]

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The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a national/regional airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year). [4]

Central Airlines served Harrison starting in 1957; successor Frontier Airlines continued into the 1970s.

Facilities

Boone County, Arkansas Airport.jpg

The airport covers 425 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 1,365 feet (416 m) above mean sea level . Its single runway, 18/36, is 6,161 by 150 feet (1,878 x 46 m) asphalt. [1]

In the year ending December 31, 2021 the airport had 10,750 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 68% general aviation, 20% airline, 11% air taxi and 1% military. In April 2022, there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 37 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 2 jet and 1 helicopter. [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Southern Airways Express Dallas/Fort Worth, Memphis
Seasonal: Hot Springs (AR)

Statistics

Carrier shares (April 2021 – March 2022) [5]
CarrierPassengers (arriving and departing)
Southern Airways Express
10,070(100%)
Top domestic destinations (April 2021 – March 2022) [5]
RankCityAirportPassengers
1 Dallas, TX Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) 4,390
2 Memphis, TN Memphis International Airport (MEM) 660
3 Hot Springs, AR Memorial Field Airport (HOT) 80

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for HRO PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 21, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Boone County Regional Airport, official website
  3. "Essential Air Service Reports". U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  4. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  5. 1 2 "Harrison, AR: Boone County (HRO)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. March 2022.

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