Drake Field
Drake Field Fayetteville Executive Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | City of Fayetteville | ||||||||||
Operator | City of Fayetteville | ||||||||||
Serves | Fayetteville, Arkansas | ||||||||||
Location | Greenland, Arkansas | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,251 ft / 381 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°00′18″N 094°10′12″W / 36.00500°N 94.17000°WCoordinates: 36°00′18″N 094°10′12″W / 36.00500°N 94.17000°W | ||||||||||
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FYV | |||||||||||
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Drake Field (IATA: FYV, ICAO: KFYV, FAA LID: FYV) is a public airport three miles south of Fayetteville, in Washington County, Arkansas.[1] It is also known as Fayetteville Executive Airport[2] and was formerly Fayetteville Municipal Airport.
History[]
Drake Field was the commercial airport for Northwest Arkansas until the opening of the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill, Arkansas. It was served by Central Airlines Douglas DC-3s and Convair 600s from 1955 until Central was acquired by the original Frontier Airlines in 1967. Frontier started scheduled jet service at Drake Field in 1977, weekly Boeing 737-200s to Dallas/Ft. Worth via Fort Smith.[3] Frontier Convair 580s flew nonstop to Dallas/Ft. Worth and direct to Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis, St. Louis and Tulsa; Frontier pulled out in 1982.
Facilities[]
The airport covers 631 acres (255 ha) at an elevation of 1,251 feet (381 m). Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,006 by 100 feet (1,831 x 30 m).[1]
The Arkansas Air & Military Museum is at the airport, with part of its collection housed in a heritage-listed hangar built in the 1940s and several aircraft on display outdoors.[4]
In the year ending April 30, 2009 the airport had 35,267 aircraft operations, average 96 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air charter, 1% military, and <1% airline. 85 aircraft were then based at the airport: 69 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 8 jets and one helicopter.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FYV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ Fayetteville Executive Airport Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, official site
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, March 2, 1977 Frontier timetable
- ^ Lockcuff, Mel (March 23, 2015). "Aviation History at Arkansas Air and Military Museum". Only In Arkansas. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
External links[]
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- Aerial image as of 28 February 2001 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective February 24, 2022
- FAA Terminal Procedures for FYV, effective February 24, 2022
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FYV
- AirNav airport information for KFYV
- ASN accident history for FYV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Airports in Arkansas
- Transportation in Washington County, Arkansas
- Buildings and structures in Fayetteville, Arkansas