Dewitt Muni/Whitcomb Field
5M1 · De Witt, Arkansas · Arkansas County · map
Dewitt Muni/Whitcomb Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of de Witt, 3 miles southeast of De Witt, Arkansas, 189 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,205 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5M1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of de Witt
- Elevation
- 189 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; March to August, Saturday, 7:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 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
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1970
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,205 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Brinkley and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.3 |
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Aircraft registered in De Witt from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in De Witt, Arkansas: 1 turboprop, 1 piston single. 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 · 4 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hour self serve with credit card.
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.