Salem Airport
7M9 · Salem, Arkansas · Fulton County · map
Salem Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Salem, 1 mile south of Salem, Arkansas, 787 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,489 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA 7M9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Salem
- Elevation
- 787 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,489 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: threshold displaced 1,233 ft, hill 50 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 20: threshold displaced 248 ft, tree 25 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Salem from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Salem, Arkansas: 7 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway 02 has 3 feet ditch at end of runway extending 700 feet along east side of runway.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- +50 feet hill 20 feet from thld both sides of centerline.
- +60 feet trees 50 feet L of centerline 100 feet from runway end; +10 feet road 50 feet from runway end.
- Approach slope 14:1 to displaced thld.
- Approach slope 37:1 to displaced thld.
- Obstruction light out of service indefinitely.
- All aircraft land runway 20; takeoff runway 02.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Salem 7 aircraft · 7 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arkansas 1,580 since 1982 · 177 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 3,491 aircraft registered
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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.