Jonesboro Municipal
JBR · KJBR · Jonesboro, Arkansas · Craighead County · map
Jonesboro Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Jonesboro, 3 miles east of Jonesboro, Arkansas, 262 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KJBR · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJBR 061953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/06 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02720061 $
TAF KJBR 061720Z 0618/0718 07005KT P6SM SKC FM070000 00000KT 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 JBR · ICAO KJBR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Jonesboro
- Elevation
- 262 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 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
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,200 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,099 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 23: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
- Runway 13: road 18 ft high 490 ft from the end
- Runway 31: tree 35 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Jbr and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 | |
| Walnut Ridge Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.075 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 870-932-4010.
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 Jonesboro from the FAA register
126 aircraft are registered to owners in Jonesboro, Arkansas: 69 piston singles, 15 piston twins, 14 turboprops, 12 business jets, 7 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 · 6 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
- Activate odals runway 23; VASI runway 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and runway 13/31; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
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.