Walnut Ridge Regional Airport


Walnut Ridge Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Walnut Ridge, a city in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, its FAA airport category is general aviation.
It is located on land which used to house both Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge and Walnut Ridge Air Force Station.
In 1964, The Beatles briefly stopped at this airport on the way to and from a retreat in Missouri. This visit inspired a monument, a plaza, and a music festival in Walnut Ridge.

Facilities and aircraft

Walnut Ridge Regional Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 279 feet above mean sea level. It has three runways: 4/22 is 6,001 by 150 feet with an asphalt surface; 13/31 is 5,003 by 150 feet with a concrete surface; 18/36 is 5,001 by 150 feet with a concrete surface.
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2008, the airport had 94,000 aircraft operations, an average of 257 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 62% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 27% jet and 2% helicopter.