Crystal Lake Airport
5M5 · Decatur, Arkansas · Benton County · map
Crystal Lake Airport is a public-use airport owned by Crystal Lake Fly-In Community, LLC, 2 miles northeast of Decatur, Arkansas, 1,178 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,863 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Crystal Lake Airport?
Its FAA code is 5M5.
Where is Crystal Lake Airport?
It is 2 miles northeast of Decatur, Arkansas, 1,178 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Crystal Lake Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,863 feet long, asphalt.
Does Crystal Lake Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Crystal Lake Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Game Composites Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Crystal Lake Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 8 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 Crystal Lake Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5M5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Crystal Lake Fly-In Community, LLC
- Elevation
- 1,178 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1955
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,863 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: trees 55 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 31: trees 41 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 126.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | |
| Fayetteville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport (8 nm southeast), Smith Field (9 nm south), Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Field (11 nm east), Rogers Executive - Carter Field (16 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport (8 nm southeast), Smith Field (9 nm south), Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Field (11 nm east), Rogers Executive - Carter Field (16 nm east).
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
- Pre dates the act.
- Be alert for +176 feet tower approximately 1300 feet north of runway 13.
- Non-standard thld markings due to size.
- Non-standard thld marknigs due to size.
- Deer and geese on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 Decatur from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Decatur, Arkansas: 3 piston singles, 2 piston twins. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Game Composites Flying Club 1 aircraft · Bentonville, 13 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 8 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 4 training center examiners.
- Chad Maxwell Cox private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; helicopters · Bentonville, AR (11 nm) · (501) 732-0658 · [email protected]
- Joshua Paul Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · FBO · Bentonville, AR (11 nm) · (303) 913-4218 · [email protected]
- Reginald Howell Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Bentonville Thaden Field · Bentonville, AR (11 nm) · (479) 651-1919 · [email protected]
- Zachary Duane Caldwell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bentonville, AR (11 nm) · (479) 650-0245 · [email protected]
- Dustin Garard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Grove, OK (21 nm) · (918) 521-4181 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 1 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 Decatur 5 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- Universal Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Game Composites Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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/5M5.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.