Baxter County
BPK · KBPK · Mountain Home, Arkansas · Baxter County · map
Baxter County is a public-use airport owned by Baxter County, 4 miles northwest of Mountain Home, Arkansas, 928 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 74 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 11,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBPK · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 39 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 42°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:22 pm CDT (23:22 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBPK 062253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02220056
TAF KBPK 062322Z 0700/0724 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071600 25005KT P6SM FEW250
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 BPK · ICAO KBPK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Baxter County
- Elevation
- 928 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:30 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
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, road 19 ft high 701 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 55 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Harrison and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 | |
| Bpk and automated weather (ASOS) | 133.975 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 870-481-5946.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,500, 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 Mountain Home from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Mountain Home, Arkansas: 39 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop. 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- No service available until further notice.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Gnd gradually rises away from runway approximately 3 feet within CLOSE-IN area.
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.