Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Field
VBT · KVBT · Bentonville, Arkansas · Benton County · map
Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bentonville, 2 miles south of Bentonville, Arkansas, 1,298 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,053 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KVBT · observed 2:56 pm CDT (19:56 UTC), 41 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 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 KVBT 061956Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 27/09 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02670089
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 VBT · ICAO KVBT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bentonville
- Elevation
- 1,298 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to March, every day, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm; April to September, every day, 7:30 am to 4:00 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,053 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,448 × 75 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 257 ft, 4,196 ft available for landing, brush 19 ft high 510 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 600 ft, 4,196 ft available for landing, pole 12 ft high 615 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | |
| Fayetteville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 | |
| Vbt and aWOS-3PT | 134.975 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 479-273-9198.
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 Bentonville from the FAA register
126 aircraft are registered to owners in Bentonville, Arkansas: 89 piston singles, 16 business jets, 8 helicopters, 5 turboprops, 5 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 · 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
- Beginning 60 feet beyond north end of runway 18 pavement, gnd has aproxly 12 feet drop over 60 feet length to pond.
- Activate PAPI runway 18 and 36, medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach ratio 38:1 to dthr.
- Migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport
- Runway 17/35 VFR daylight operations only.
- Simul use of runways 17/35 and 18/36 NA.
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.