North Little Rock Municipal
ORK · KORK · North Little Rock, Arkansas · Pulaski County · map
North Little Rock Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of North Little Rock, 4 miles north of North Little Rock, Arkansas, 545 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,002 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KORK · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KORK 061935Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A3000 RMK AO2
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 ORK · ICAO KORK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of North Little Rock
- Elevation
- 545 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,000 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- 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
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1957
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,019 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 16 ft high 950 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, gnd 12 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.5 | |
| Ork and aWOS-3PT | 123.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 501-906-6529.
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 North Little Rock from the FAA register
64 aircraft are registered to owners in North Little Rock, Arkansas: 40 piston singles, 10 business jets, 6 helicopters, 5 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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 · 8 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 runway end identifier lights runways 05, 23, 17; medium-intensity runway lights runways 05/23 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 05, 23, 17 and 35 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude for helicopters 500 feet above ground level, prop aircraft 1000 feet above ground level, turboprop aircraft 1500 feet above ground level
- 100LL available 24 hour self service with credit card.
- +12 feet berm 100 feet from runway end 200 feet L and R of centerline extended into primary surface.
- Calm wind preferred takeoff/landing to the North when possible.
- Runway 23 thld not visible from runway 17 thld.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 17/35 500 feet blast pad North end.
- Ultralight activity 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.