North Little Rock Municipal Airport

North Little Rock Municipal Airport (ICAO: KORK, FAA LID: ORK, formerly 1M1) is a public use airport in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of North Little Rock and located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) north of its central business district.[1]

North Little Rock Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of North Little Rock
ServesNorth Little Rock, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL545 ft / 166 m
Coordinates34°49′59″N 092°15′15″W
WebsiteNorthLittleRockAirport.com
Map
ORK
Location of airport in Arkansas / United States
ORK
ORK (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,002 1,525 Concrete
17/35 3,019 920 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations37,200
Based aircraft150

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport[2] for Little Rock National Airport.[3]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ORK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[4] (which assigned ORK to Cork Airport in Cork, Ireland).[5]

Facilities and aircraft

North Little Rock Municipal Airport covers an area of 621 acres (251 ha) at an elevation of 545 feet (166 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 17/35 is 3,019 by 75 feet (920 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2008, the airport had 37,200 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 150 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 4% jet, 5% helicopter, and 1% ultralight.[1]

The airport's fixed-base operators (FBOs) are Barrett Aviation[6] and Air Charter Express.[7]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for ORK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. "North Little Rock Municipal Airport". Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  4. "North Little Rock, Arkansas (FAA: ORK, ICAO: KORK)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  5. "Cork Airport, Ireland (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  6. Barrett Aviation. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  7. Air Charter Express Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.