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) and about 72 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 35,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,199 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Memorial Field?
Its FAA code is HOT, and its ICAO code is KHOT.
Where is Memorial Field?
It is 3 miles southwest of Hot Springs, Arkansas, 540 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Memorial Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 6,595 feet long.
Does Memorial Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Memorial Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Memorial Field?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis, Tstc Waco, Dallas Love Field. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Memorial Field?
3 pilot examiners and 7 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 Memorial Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
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, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bearce Airport (22 nm west), Dexter B Florence Memorial Field (23 nm south), Saline County Regional (31 nm east).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 731 departures from HOT in those twelve months, carrying 2,851 passengers in 5,855 seats (49% filled), to 4 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Field → Dallas-Fort Worth International HOT–DFW | 640 | 2,536 | Southern Airways... |
| Memorial Field → Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis HOT–MEM | 89 | 304 | Southern Airways... |
| Memorial Field → Tstc Waco HOT–CNW | 1 | 8 | Southern Airways... |
| Memorial Field → Dallas Love Field HOT–DAL | 1 | 3 | Jet Aviation Flight... |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 56 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 2 |
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 35,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,900 |
| general aviation, travelling | 26,000 |
| general aviation, local | 6,200 |
| military | 1,000 |
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 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, 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 Hot Springs:
- Physicians Air Transport LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Hot Springs:
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
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 7 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Seth Jamell Lake private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Arkadelphia, AR (23 nm) · (479) 422-3940 · [email protected]
- Adam Bryant Boyd 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 · Wildwood Aerospace LLC · Sherwood, AR (49 nm) · (210) 269-4662 · [email protected]
- Thomas James Guillebeau private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Guillebeau Instruction Inc · Sherwood, AR (49 nm) · (417) 496-1094 · [email protected]
All 21 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.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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 · 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. 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 Hot Springs 90 aircraft · 69 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 piston twins
- Physicians Air Transport LLC 4 aircraft in town
- M & K Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- Irwin Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Gardner Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Physicians Air Transport LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Aar Component Services - Hot Springs, LLC. · repair station
- Cobalt Aero Services LLC · repair station
- Xcelle Americas LLC · repair station
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 640 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis (MEM) 89 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Tstc Waco (CNW) 1 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 1 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 20 since 1982 · 7 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/HOT.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.