Byrds Backcountry Airstrip Airport
51AR · Ozark, Arkansas · Franklin County · map
Byrds Backcountry Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 13 miles nne of Ozark, Arkansas, 800 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 51AR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 800 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2016
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,500 × 30 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Clarksville Municipal (19 nm southeast), Drake Field (29 nm northwest), Springdale Municipal (35 nm northwest), Fort Smith Regional (37 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ozark/Franklin County (11 nm southwest), Clarksville Municipal (19 nm southeast), Huntsville Municipal (24 nm north), Drake Field (29 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Arkansas · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ozark from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Ozark, Arkansas: 15 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ozark 18 aircraft · 15 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arkansas 1,582 since 1982 · 177 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arkansas 101 landing places
- Arkansas 3,495 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/51AR.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.