Baxter County Airport , is a county-owned public-use airport located four

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s (5 mi, 7 km) northwest of the

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, a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. It was known as Baxter County Airport until 2005. It changed its name back to Baxter County Airport due to confusion with the close proximity of Ozark, Arkansas and Ozark, Missouri, both of which have airports. The airport used to be served by

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, which operated services to Dallas-Fort Worth International in the mid-1990s. This airport is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which

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it as a '' general aviation'' facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and

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, Baxter County Airport is assigned BPK by the FAA and WMH by the IATA. The airport's

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identifier is KBPK.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 330

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s (134 ha) at an elevation of 928 feet (283 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2010, the airport had 48,900 aircraft operations, an average of 133 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 49 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single- engine, 31% multi-engine, and 2%

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. As of November 2015, Big Air is the onsite FBO providing fuel and services for pilots and crew. Full service 100LL and Jet-A fuel is provided. Big Air is located on the airports main ramp between Delta and Echo.

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External links

* http://airnav.com/airport/KBPK
Baxter County Airport
official site *
Aerial image as of February 2001
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Facilities and aircraft

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