| Saline County Airport Watts Field |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: M99 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Saline County | ||
| Serves | Benton, Arkansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 318 ft / 97 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 3,980 | 1,213 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 39,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 44 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Saline County Airport (FAA LID: M99), also known as Watts Field, was a county-owned public-use airport located one mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Benton, a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The airport's address was 401 Airline Drive in Benton.[2]
The airport opened in 1957.[3] Construction on the new Saline County Regional Airport (ICAO: KSUZ, FAA LID: SUZ) began in November 2002 and it opened on March 12, 2007. The existing was closed after the new airport opened.[4]
Saline County Airport covered an area of 72 acres (29 ha) which contained one runway designated 17/35 with a 3,980 x 50 ft (1,213 x 15 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 39,000 aircraft operations, an average of 106 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 44 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% helicopter.[1]