Petit Jean Park Airport
MPJ · KMPJ · Morrilton, Arkansas · Conway County · map
Petit Jean Park Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Arkansas, 8 miles west of Morrilton, Arkansas, 923 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,852 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MPJ · ICAO KMPJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Arkansas
- Elevation
- 923 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1955
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,852 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 438 ft, trees 95 ft high 1,530 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 190 ft, trees 40 ft high 360 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Russellville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.475 |
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Aircraft registered in Morrilton from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Morrilton, Arkansas: 10 piston singles. 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 rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency. Beacon unavailable 10:00 pm to 4:00 am.
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport
- Activate PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 03 and 21 unavailable 10:00 pm to 4:00 am.
- Self service fuel temporary unavailable (100LL and jet a).
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 out of service indefinitely.
- 3 feet fence 50 feet from runway end.
- Runway 03 NR is faded.
- Runway 21 NR is faded.
- PAPI runway 03/21 out of service indefinitely.
- Approach ratio 20:1 from displaced thld.
- Approach ratio 13:1 from displaced thld.
- Deer and migratory birds 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.