ARKANSAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

'Arkansas International Airport' is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Blytheville, a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA.
The official closure of Eaker Air Force Base was announced in 1991, and on March 6, 1992, the last B-52G aircraft, ''The City of Blytheville'', left the base. The official closure ceremony was held on December 15, 1992, and the transition from military to civilian, general aviation airport began. The military still makes use of the Arkansas International Airport in flight training maneuvers, and as a landing site to pick up and drop off local National Guard troops.
Blytheville secured a lease with USA Floral, a major floral distributor based near Washington, D.C., that needed a southern locale for its regular flights to South America to import flowers. USA Floral was expected to create hundreds of jobs in Blytheville.^[1]

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Facilities

Arkansas International Airport covers 1,100 acres and has one runway:

★ Runway 18/36: 11,602 x 150 ft. (3,536 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete

See also

★ Blytheville Air Force Base

★ 97th Bombardment Wing

References

★ Arkansas Aeroplex: The Arkansas International Airport

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Notes

1. Arkansas Aeroplex Bringing New Businesses to Blytheville

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