Ozark Regional Airport

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Ozark Regional Airport

IATA: WMH – ICAO: KBPK – FAA: BPK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Baxter County
Location		Mountain Home, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL		928 ft / 283 m
Coordinates		36°22′08″N, 092°28′14″W
Website		www.flytheozarks.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	5,001	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			49,500
Based aircraft			63
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Ozark Regional Airport (IATA: WMH, ICAO: KBPK, FAA LID: BPK), formerly known as Baxter County Regional Airport, is a general aviation airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Mountain Home, a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ozark Regional is assigned BPK by the FAA and WMH by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KBPK.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Ozark Regional Airport covers an area of 330 acres (134 ha). It has one asphalt runway (5/23) measuring 5,001 x 75 ft. (1,524 x 23 m).^[1]

For 12-month period ending May 31, 2006, the airport had 49,500 aircraft operations, an average of 135 per day: 97% general aviation (48,000), 2% military (1,200) and 1% air taxi (300). There are 63 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single engine (45), 27% multi engine (17) and 2% jet aircraft (1).^[1]