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).
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What is the airport code for JB West Municipal Airport?
Its FAA code is 55M.
Where is JB West Municipal Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Star City, Arkansas, 398 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at JB West Municipal Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does JB West Municipal Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at JB West Municipal Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to JB West Municipal Airport?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for JB West Municipal Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Pinebluff Rgnl/Grider Field (15 nm north), Billy Free Municipal (16 nm east), Monticello Muni/Ellis Field (18 nm south), MC Gehee Municipal (31 nm southeast).
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
- Self serve fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 18 markings faded
- Runway 36 markings faded
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Star City 6 aircraft · 6 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arkansas 1,580 since 1982 · 175 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 3,496 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/55M.json.
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 27, 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.