West Memphis Municipal
AWM · KAWM · West Memphis, Arkansas · Crittenden County · map
West Memphis Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of West Memphis, 3 miles west of West Memphis, Arkansas, 213 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 6,003 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 94 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 50,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for West Memphis Municipal?
Its FAA code is AWM, and its ICAO code is KAWM.
Where is West Memphis Municipal?
It is 3 miles west of West Memphis, Arkansas, 213 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at West Memphis Municipal?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 6,003 feet long, concrete.
Does West Memphis Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at West Memphis Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to West Memphis Municipal?
7 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for West Memphis Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AWM · ICAO KAWM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of West Memphis
- Elevation
- 213 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,003 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Approach | 119.1 | |
| Approach (secondary) | 126.7 | |
| Departure | 124.65 | |
| Awm and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 870-733-9987.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: General Dewitt Spain Airport (10 nm northeast), Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport (14 nm southeast), Charles W Baker Airport (17 nm northeast).
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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 17; PAPI runway 35; runway end identifier lights runway 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL available 24 hours self serve with credit card.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 70 |
| multi-engine | 20 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 43,000 |
| general aviation, local | 7,000 |
| military | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in West Memphis from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in West Memphis, Arkansas: 10 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in West Memphis:
- McNeely Charter Service, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate McNeely Charter Service, Inc.
Repair stations in West Memphis:
- Arkansas Aeronautics Accessories INC
- Gabc Avionics, LLC GABC Avionics is a family-owned avionics repair station in West Memphis, Arkansas, offering avionics installation, certification (IFR, VFR, and RVSM), and custom panel design services.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 9 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center evaluators, 43 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · West Memphis Municipal Airport · West Memphis, AR (0 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- Morris William Ray private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · General DeWitt Spain Airport, M01, Downtown Aviation · Memphis, TN (14 nm) · (901) 270-5528 · [email protected]
- Peter Reddan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millington - Memphis Airport KNQA · Millington, TN (22 nm) · (229) 834-1439 · [email protected]
- Brian James Flax private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Germantown, TN (24 nm) · (901) 412-7006 · [email protected]
- David Childress private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AIR VENTURE · Olive Branch, MS (24 nm) · (901) 262-3199 · [email protected]
- Karen Gardner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Collierville, TN (29 nm) · (901) 218-6246 · [email protected]
- Jackie Sanders private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Jonesboro, AR (46 nm) · (870) 284-0586 · [email protected]
All 73 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in West Memphis 20 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Mcneely Charter Service INC 8 aircraft in town
- Fly First LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Mid-South Bulk Services INC 2 aircraft in town
- McNeely Charter Service, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Arkansas Aeronautics Accessories INC · repair station
- Gabc Avionics, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 0 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 3,496 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AWM.json.
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 26, 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.