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″N 091°34′30″W / 34.59944°N 91.57500°W | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Stuttgart Municipal Airport ( IATA: SGT, ICAO: KSGT, FAA LID: SGT) is in Prairie County, Arkansas. [1] It is eight miles north of Stuttgart, which owns the airport [1] and is the county seat of Arkansas County's northern district. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2]
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. [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 the War 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 2,560 acres (1,040 ha) 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. [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 1 helicopter. [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]