Robert S Kerr Airport
RKR · KRKR · Poteau, Oklahoma · Le Flore County · map
Robert S Kerr Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Poteau, 2 miles south of Poteau, Oklahoma, 451 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,007 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KRKR · observed 3:35 pm CDT (20:35 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 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 KRKR 062035Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 30/06 A2998 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 RKR · ICAO KRKR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Poteau
- Elevation
- 451 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,007 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), trees 54 ft high 1,831 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.9 | |
| Rkr and aWOS-3 | 120.625 | |
| Fayetteville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 918-647-4063.
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 Poteau from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Poteau, Oklahoma: 15 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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 Oklahoma.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Activate odals runway 18; runway end identifier lights runway 36 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - sunset to sunrise; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Available H24 with credit card.
- Faded.
- Faded.
- Ultralight act 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.