Hope Municipal
M18 · Hope, Arkansas · Hempstead County · map
Hope Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hope, 4 miles northwest of Hope, Arkansas, 359 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,501 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M18
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hope
- Elevation
- 359 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Thursday, 6:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,301 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 32 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 29 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 04: threshold displaced 1,190 ft, trees 50 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 344 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Texarkana and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.925 |
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Aircraft registered in Hope from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Hope, Arkansas: 4 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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 · 4 since 1982, 0 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Dusk to dawn. Runway end identifier lights and medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 oper DUSK-2200; aft 2200 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- SELF-SERVE fuel available 24 hours (100LL and jet a)
- Non-standard medium-intensity runway lights - lights located approximately 35 feet from marked runway edge.
- Centerline and threshold markings faded.
- Centerline and threshold markings faded.
- Centerline and threshold markings faded.
- Centerline and threshold markings faded.
- Approach ratio from displaced threshold 28:1.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.