Malvern Municipal
M78 · Malvern, Arkansas · Hot Spring County · map
Malvern Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Malvern, 3 miles southeast of Malvern, Arkansas, 538 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,188 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M78
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Malvern
- Elevation
- 538 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,188 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 376 ft, trees 41 ft high 725 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Hot Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.475 |
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Aircraft registered in Malvern from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Malvern, Arkansas: 16 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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 medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Road and 4 feet fence 28 feet from thld.
- Approach ratio 25:1 from displaced thld.
- 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.