Boone County
HRO · KHRO · Harrison, Arkansas · Boone County · map
Boone County is a public-use airport owned by Boone County, 3 miles northwest of Harrison, Arkansas, 1,364 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,161 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHRO · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 southeast 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 KHRO 061853Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 25/08 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02500078
TAF KHRO 061720Z 0618/0718 13006KT 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 HRO · ICAO KHRO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Boone County
- Elevation
- 1,364 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 836 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,161 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Hro and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.125 | |
| Harrison and rco | 122.4 | Harrison |
| Harrison and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 870-365-8550.
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 Harrison from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in Harrison, Arkansas: 29 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 4 drones, 3 gliders, 2 helicopters. 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 · 17 since 1982, 3 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 approach lights (MALSR) runway 36, runway end identifier lights runway 18 and high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL available 24 hours self serve.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 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.