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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Marion County Regional (3 nm southwest), Baxter County (5 nm northeast), Boone County (30 nm west), Branson Airport (34 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Gastons Airport (2 nm north), Marion County Regional (3 nm southwest), Baxter County (5 nm northeast), Buffalo River Airport (26 nm south).
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
- FLY-IN homesite DEVELOPMENT--FACILITIES belong to owners.
- 250-FOOT hills and trees within 1/4 mile all around airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Cotter 23 aircraft · 23 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 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 3,495 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/61AR.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.