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: ''for the airport's World War II history, see Stuttgart Army Airfield'' Stuttgart Municipal Airport is in Prairie County, Arkansas. It is eight miles north of
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, which owns the airport and is the county seat of
Arkansas County Arkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,019. Located in the Arkansas Delta, the county has two county seats, DeWitt and Stuttgart. The first of the state's 75 presen ...
's northern district. The FAA's
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for 2009–2013
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it as a '' general aviation'' facility.


History

Stuttgart Municipal Airport dates to 1942 when it was built by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used as an advanced twin-engine flying school and glider training.Stuttgart Army Air Field, Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
/ref> With the end of World War II, Stuttgart Army Airfield was declared excess and closed on 5 August 1946. It was conveyed though the War Assets Administration (WAA) to the City of Stuttgart to establish a municipal airport. Trans-Texas DC-3s stopped at Stuttgart from 1953 to 1958–59.


Facilities

Stuttgart Municipal Airport covers at an elevation 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. In the year ending May 31, 2017 the airport had 40,200 aircraft operations, average 110 per day: 87% general aviation, 7.5% military, and 5.5% air taxi. 42 aircraft were then based at the airport: 65% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 23% jet and 3% helicopter.


Motorsports

A 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.NA Motorsports: Stuttgart AFB
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See also

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Arkansas World War II Army Airfields During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arkansas for training fighter and bomber pilots and aircrews. Most of the airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the U.S. Army Air Forces T ...


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Stuttgart Municipal Airport

Google Maps Page of Stuttgart AFB
Features layout of road course. *
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