Rector Airport
7M8 · Rector, Arkansas · Clay County · map
Rector Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rector, 2 miles southwest of Rector, Arkansas, 281 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,405 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 7M8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rector
- Elevation
- 281 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,405 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: tree 50 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 266 ft, tree 25 ft high 340 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Rector from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Rector, 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 · 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 36 6 feet fence 180 FT' from thld.
- Approach slope 24:1 to displaced thld.
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.