Saline County Airport (FAA LID: M99), also known as Watts Field, was a county-owned public-use airport located one mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Benton, a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The airport's address was 401 Airline Drive in Benton.[2]
Saline County Airport Watts Field | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Saline County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Benton, Arkansas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 318 ft / 97 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°33′24″N 092°36′25″W / 34.55667°N 92.60694°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.salinecounty.org/... | ||||||||||
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The airport opened in 1957.[3] Construction on the new Saline County Regional Airport (ICAO: KSUZ, FAA LID: SUZ) began in November 2002 and it opened on March 12, 2007. The existing facility was closed after the new airport opened.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
editSaline County Airport covered an area of 72 acres (29 ha) which contained one runway designated 17/35 with a 3,980 x 50 ft (1,213 x 15 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 39,000 aircraft operations, an average of 106 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 44 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% helicopter.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for M99 PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- ^ *Saline County Airport/Watts Field Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine page at Saline County website
- ^ "Rethinking City Fly Zones". KHTV Little Rock. 2007-07-05.
- ^ Saline County Regional Airport page at Saline County Economic Development Corporation website
External links
edit- Saline County Airport / Watts Field page at Saline County website
- Map showing directions from Watts Field to Saline County Regional Airport
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for M99
- AirNav airport information for M99
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for M99
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