JB West Municipal Airport
55M · Star City, Arkansas · Lincoln County · map
JB West Municipal Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Star City, 2 miles southwest of Star City, Arkansas, 398 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 55M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Star City
- Elevation
- 398 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1980
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: tree 30 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tree 50 ft high 450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Star City from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Star City, Arkansas: 6 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Self serve fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 18 markings faded
- Runway 36 markings faded
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.