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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 50,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAWM · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 37 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAWM 062253Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02780100 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.