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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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 |
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.