Mena Intermountain Municipal
MEZ · KMEZ · Mena, Arkansas · Polk County · map
Mena Intermountain Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mena, 2 miles southeast of Mena, Arkansas, 1,080 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,485 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 23 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 31,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMEZ · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMEZ 062235Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 27/09 A2997 RMK AO2 T02700094
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 MEZ · ICAO KMEZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mena
- Elevation
- 1,080 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- 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
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,485 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 20 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tree 40 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mez and aWOS-3 | 118.025 | |
| Fayetteville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 479-394-5149.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 31,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Mena from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Mena, Arkansas: 21 piston singles, 10 piston twins. 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, 2 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
- As per alp
- Mountains north and south southwest of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 operates sunset to sunrise. Activate PAPI runways 09, 27, and 17; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI runway 9 unusable beyond 7 degrees right of centerline.
- 1675 feet MT 13000 feet west of runway threshold.
- Migratory birds and 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.