Morrilton Municipal Airport

Morrilton Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBDQ, FAA LID: BDQ) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Morrilton, in Conway County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of Morrilton.[1]

Morrilton Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Morrilton
ServesMorrilton, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL321 ft / 98 m
Coordinates35°08′10″N 092°42′49″W
Map
BDQ
Location of airport in Arkansas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations7,050
Based aircraft43

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BDQ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned BDQ to Vadodara Airport in India).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Morrilton Municipal Airport covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 321 feet (98 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2009, the airport had 7,050 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 12% helicopter and 5% ultralight.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for BDQ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 25 August 2011.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010.
  3. "Morrilton, Arkansas (FAA: BDQ, ICAO: KBDQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. "Vadodara Airport, India (IATA: BDQ, ICAO: VABO)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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