Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field
LIT · KLIT · Little Rock, Arkansas · Pulaski County · map
Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Little Rock, 2 miles east of Little Rock, Arkansas, 266 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04L/22R, is 8,273 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLIT · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 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 northeast at 8 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 KLIT 062053Z 01004KT 10SM FEW250 29/09 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02890094 56027 $
TAF KLIT 061720Z 0618/0718 04008KT P6SM SKC FM070100 VRB04KT 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 LIT · ICAO KLIT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Little Rock
- Elevation
- 266 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04L/22R | 8,273 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04R/22L | 8,251 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 6,224 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 297 ft, 7,976 ft available for landing, rr 23 ft high 670 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 04R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,050 ft, 7,200 ft available for landing, pole 78 ft high 2,874 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), 7,200 ft available for landing, trees 72 ft high 3,301 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,060 ft available for landing, tree 35 ft high 1,286 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 164 ft, 6,060 ft available for landing, trees 105 ft high 2,489 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 125.65 | Adams |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 118.95 | Adams |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 119.75 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 119.85 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.2 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.6 | |
| Clearance delivery | 123.7 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Clearance delivery arriving from headings 040 to 239 | 135.4 | Adams |
| Ground | 121.9 | Adams |
| Tower | 118.7 | Adams |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Approach arriving from headings 240 to 039 | 119.5 | Adams |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Adams |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 501-376-0247.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Little Rock from the FAA register
218 aircraft are registered to owners in Little Rock, Arkansas: 118 piston singles, 39 business jets, 23 drones, 14 piston twins, 11 turboprops. 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 · 29 since 1982, 6 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
- Large concentrations of birds in the vicinity of airport; most activity between sunrise to sunset up to 1500 feet above sea level.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 262.6 feet in length by 169.7 feet in width located at the der 22R.
- Approach ratio 42:1 from displaced thld.
- Approach ratio 39:1 based on displaced thld +35 feet tree 1385 feet dist 164 feet left.
- Approach ratio 24:1 based on displaced thld; 105 feet trees 2579 feet dist 351 feet R.
- Cargo and terminal ramps are NON-MOVEMENT areas.
- No general aviation parking on terminal or cargo ramp.
- Taxiway a 315 feet south of taxiway A6 intersection to runway 36 closed except aircraft with wingspan less than 79 feet.
- Be alert: north Little Rock municipal airport is located 6 miles nnw with similar runway configurations.
- Smgcs suspended until further notice.
- Psgr air carrier aircraft ADG-IV and hyr restricted from using taxiway F between taxiway east and atlantic avn/envoy hngr ramp due to NON-STD safety area
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.