The Valley Airport
61AR · Cotter, Arkansas · Baxter County · map
The Valley Airport is a private airport owned by Valley Aero Association, 3 miles north of Cotter, Arkansas, 450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,800 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 61AR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Valley Aero Association
- Elevation
- 450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,800 × 24 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
Aircraft registered in Cotter from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Cotter, Arkansas: 23 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 · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- FLY-IN homesite DEVELOPMENT--FACILITIES belong to owners.
- 250-FOOT hills and trees within 1/4 mile all around 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.