Stuttgart Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Stuttgart, Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Roc Roe Township,Prairie County | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 224 ft / 68 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°35′58″N091°34′30″W / 34.59944°N 91.57500°W /34.59944; -91.57500 | ||||||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||||||
Stuttgart Municipal Airport (IATA:SGT,ICAO:KSGT,FAALID:SGT) is inPrairie County,Arkansas.[1] It is eight miles north ofStuttgart, which owns the airport[1] and is the county seat ofArkansas County's northern district. The FAA'sNational Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013categorized it as ageneral aviation facility.[2]
Stuttgart Municipal Airport dates to 1942 when it was built by theUnited States Army Air Forces. It was used as an advanced twin-engine flying school and glider training.[3] With the end of World War II, Stuttgart Army Airfield was declared excess and closed on 5 August 1946.[3] It was conveyed though theWar Assets Administration (WAA) to the City of Stuttgart to establish a municipal airport.[3]
Trans-Texas DC-3s stopped at Stuttgart from 1953 to 1958–59.
Stuttgart Municipal Airport covers 2,560acres (1,040 ha) at anelevation of 224 feet (68 m). It has two runways: 9/27 is 5,002 by 150 feet (1,525 x 46 m)concrete; 18/36 is 6,015 by 100 feet (1,833 x 30 m)asphalt.[1]
In the year ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 60,700 aircraft operations, average 166 per day: 91%general aviation, 6% military, and 4%air taxi. 22 aircraft were then based at the airport: 17 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 2 jet and 1helicopter.[1]
A 3-mile (4.8 km)SCCA road course used the runways, with the first race in 1959. The last sports car race was in 1978. A drag strip, Stuttgart Dragway, existed from 1970 to 1972.[4]
