Memorial Field
HOT · KHOT · Hot Springs, Arkansas · Garland County · map
Memorial Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hot Springs, 3 miles southwest of Hot Springs, Arkansas, 540 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,595 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHOT · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (090°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHOT 062053Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 30/07 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP141 T03000072 56028
TAF KHOT 061720Z 0618/0718 07006KT P6SM SKC FM070100 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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 HOT · ICAO KHOT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hot Springs
- Elevation
- 540 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 10:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,595 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,098 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,235 ft available for landing, pole 78 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 40 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 31: 3,210 ft available for landing, pole 121 ft high 3,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Hot and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.925 | |
| Hot Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.475 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 501-624-7633.
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 Hot Springs from the FAA register
90 aircraft are registered to owners in Hot Springs, Arkansas: 69 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 5 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 20 since 1982, 7 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 high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; PAPI runway 23 and runway end identifier lights runway 13 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 23 PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess right of centerline.
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.