Saline County Airport

Saline County Airport
Watts Field
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: M99
Summary
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 / 34.55667; -92.60694
Website www.salinecounty.org/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 3,980 1,213 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 39,000
Based aircraft 44

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]

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 was closed after the new airport opened.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Saline 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

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for M99 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Rethinking City Fly Zones". KHTV Little Rock. 2007-07-05.
  4. ↑ Saline County Regional Airport page at Saline County Economic Development Corporation web site
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