Burks Airport
51AS · Helena, Arkansas · Phillips County · map
Burks Airport is a private airport, 6 miles southwest of Helena, Arkansas, 174 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,929 feet of asphalt and 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 51AS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 174 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2025
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,929 × 100 ft | Asphalt and grass, fair |
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern
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: Thompson-Robbins Airport (6 nm north), Fletcher Field (15 nm southeast), Tunica Municipal (22 nm northeast), Hutfly Airport (28 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Thompson-Robbins Airport (6 nm north), Fletcher Field (15 nm southeast), Marianna/Lee County-Steve Edwards Field (19 nm north), Tunica Municipal (22 nm northeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Facility address.
- East 945 feet asphalt, west 1984 feet grass.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Helena from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Helena, Arkansas: 13 drones, 4 turboprops, 3 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Helena 23 aircraft · 13 drones, 4 turboprops, 3 piston singles
- Griffin Aerial Service LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Old River Flying Service LLC 3 aircraft in town
- A & L Farm Services INC 2 aircraft in town
- 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 3,497 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/51AS.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 November 3, 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.