Manila Municipal
MXA · KMXA · Manila, Arkansas · Mississippi County · map
Manila Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Manila, 2 miles northeast of Manila, Arkansas, 243 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MXA · ICAO KMXA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Manila
- Elevation
- 243 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the right, tree 75 ft high 2,300 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 60 ft, road 14 ft high 495 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · 4 clicks for temporary, wind, and density altitude. |
| Walnut Ridge Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.075 |
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 Manila from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Manila, Arkansas: 10 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 · 2 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
- Numerous agricultural aircraft operations from FEB-NOV 500 feet above ground level and below.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; and PAPI runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency. Local airport weather 4 clicks
- 4 clicks for temporary, wind, and density altitude.
- Approach slope 34:1 to displaced thld.
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.