Jonesboro Municipal Airport

Jonesboro Municipal Airport
IATA: JBR – ICAO: KJBR – FAA LID: JBR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Jonesboro
Serves Jonesboro, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL 262 ft / 80 m
Coordinates
Map
JBR
Location of airport in Arkansas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 6,200 1,890 Asphalt
13/31 4,099 1,249 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 20,156
Based aircraft 119
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Jonesboro Municipal Airport (IATA: JBR, ICAO: KJBR, FAA LID: JBR) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of the City of Jonesboro, in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by SeaPort Airlines through the federally subsidized Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,339 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 165 enplanements in 2009, and 522 in 2010.[3] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]

Contents

Facilities and aircraft

Jonesboro Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres (405 ha) at an elevation of 262 feet (80 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 6,200 by 150 feet (1,890 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 4,099 by 150 feet (1,249 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2008, the airport had 20,156 aircraft operations, an average of 55 per day: 87% general aviation, 13% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 119 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, and 6% jet.[1]

Airline and destination

Airlines offering scheduled non-stop service from this airport:

Airlines Destinations
SeaPort Airlines Memphis,[5] Kansas City[6]

Note: Essential Air Service was formerly provided by Mesa Airlines.[7] There was a period of time in 2008 and 2009 where the airport was without commercial airline service.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for JBR (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008 (PDF, 1.0 MB)". CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 18 December 2009. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010 (PDF, 5.4 MB)". CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2011. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf. 
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf. 
  5. ^ "2009-6-25 Order Tentatively Selecting Carrier". U.S. Department of Transportation. June 26, 2009. http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2935-0171. 
  6. ^ "Cleared for take-off: Jonesboro flights now head to Missouri". KAIT. http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=13826752. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  7. ^ Mesa Plans to Drop Ark Service

References

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 2935) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2009-7-8: making final the tentative selection of Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc. d/b/a SeaPort Airlines, to provide essential air service at El Dorado/Camden, Harrison, Hot Springs, and Jonesboro, Arkansas.
    • Order 2009-6-25: tentatively selecting Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc. d/b/a SeaPort Airlines (SeaPort) to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at El Dorado/Camden, Harrison, Hot Springs, and Jonesboro, Arkansas, for two years.
    • Order 2007-1-7: selecting Air Midwest, Inc. to provide essential air service at El Dorado/Camden, Jonesboro, Harrison and Hot Springs, Arkansas, at a subsidy rate of $4,296,348 annually for the two-year rate term beginning April 1, 2007.
    • Order 2005-1-14: selecting Air Midwest, Inc., to provide essential air service at El Dorado/Camden, Jonesboro, Harrison and Hot Springs, Arkansas, at a subsidy rate of $4,155,550 annually for a two-year rate term.

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