Gurdon Lowe Field
5M8 · Gurdon, Arkansas · Clark County · map
Gurdon Lowe Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Gurdon, 1 mile northwest of Gurdon, Arkansas, 229 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,403 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5M8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Gurdon
- Elevation
- 229 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,403 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: trees 60 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 26: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 114 ft, road 15 ft high 237 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Gurdon from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Gurdon, Arkansas: 2 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - 122.9
- Non-standard displaced thld lights; thld lights at runway end.
- Centerline markings faded.
- Approach slope 23:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 08/26 magnetic direction 09/27.
- Deer 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.