Carlisle Municipal
4M3 · Carlisle, Arkansas · Lonoke County · map
Carlisle Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Carlisle, 2 miles northeast of Carlisle, Arkansas, 241 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4M3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Carlisle
- Elevation
- 241 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,494 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, berm 3 ft high 440 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 10 ft high 450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 135.4 | |
| 4M3 AWOS-2 | 119.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-2), by phone 870-639-4710.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Carlisle from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Carlisle, Arkansas: 12 drones, 9 turboprops, 3 piston singles, 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 · 8 since 1982, 0 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
- Pre dates the act.
- Activate PAPI runways 09/27 and 18/36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self serve fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 18 markings faded.
- Nmrs agriculture operations year round.
- Migratory birds in the vicinity of airport nov to march
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.