Batesville Regional
BVX · KBVX · Batesville, Arkansas · Independence County · map
Batesville Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Batesville, 3 miles south of Batesville, Arkansas, 465 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBVX · observed 2:56 pm CDT (19:56 UTC), 41 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KBVX 061956Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 27/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLPNO T02720094 $
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 BVX · ICAO KBVX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Batesville
- Elevation
- 465 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 785 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm; every day, 5:30 pm to 7:30 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 2,804 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 08: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 32 ft high 1,320 ft from the end
- Runway 18: tree 45 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 36: road 10 ft high 275 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bvx and aWOS-3PT | 126.375 | |
| Brinkley and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 870-251-1369.
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 Batesville from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Batesville, Arkansas: 23 piston singles, 3 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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 · 8 since 1982, 4 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 runway end identifier lights runways 08, 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Jet a+ self serve unavailable
- (2D) taxiways limited to 204K - aprons limited to 184K
- (D) taxiways limited to 77K - aprons limited to 67K
- (D) taxiways limited to 77K - aprons limited to 67K
- (south) taxiways limited to 31K - aprons limited to 29K
- (south) taxiways limited to 31K - aprons limited to 29K
- Unusable beyond 7 degreess left and 7 degreess right of runway centerline.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.