| Bentonville Municipal Airport Louise M. Thaden Field |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KVBT – FAA LID: VBT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Bentonville | ||
| Serves | Bentonville, Arkansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,296 ft / 395 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 4,082 | 1,244 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 18,100 | ||
| Based aircraft | 40 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Bentonville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KVBT, FAA LID: VBT) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Bentonville, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is also known as Louise M. Thaden Field[1] or Louise Thaden Field, a name it was given in 1951 to honor Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905–1979), an aviation pioneer from Bentonville.[2]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[3] Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned VBT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]
Bentonville Municipal Airport covers an area of 130 acres (53 ha) at an elevation of 1,296 feet (395 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,082 by 65 feet (1,244 x 20 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2009, the airport had 18,100 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 12.5% multi-engine and 2.5% helicopter.[1]