Melbourne Muni/John E Miller Field
42A · Melbourne, Arkansas · Izard County · map
Melbourne Muni/John E Miller Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Melbourne, 3 miles east of Melbourne, Arkansas, 735 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 42A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Melbourne
- Elevation
- 735 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1994
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 42 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 1,550 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 42A AWOS-3PT | 121.575 | |
| Harrison and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 870-916-2768.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Melbourne from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Melbourne, Arkansas: 10 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and runway end identifier lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency
- Self serve fuel H24 with credit card.
- 150 feet paved stopway each end - full strength.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.