- North Little Rock Municipal Airport
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North Little Rock Municipal Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KORK – FAA LID: ORK Summary Airport type Public Owner City of North Little Rock Serves North Little Rock, Arkansas Elevation AMSL 545 ft / 166 m Coordinates 34°49′59″N 092°15′15″W / 34.83306°N 92.25417°WCoordinates: 34°49′59″N 092°15′15″W / 34.83306°N 92.25417°W Website Map Location of airport in Arkansas
ORKRunways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 3,019 920 Asphalt 5/23 5,002 1,525 Concrete Statistics (2008) Aircraft operations 37,200 Based aircraft 150 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] North Little Rock Municipal Airport (ICAO: KORK, FAA LID: ORK, formerly 1M1) is a public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) north of the central business district of North Little Rock, in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of North Little Rock.[1]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport[2] for Little Rock National Airport.[3]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ORK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[4] (which assigned ORK to Cork Airport in Cork, Ireland).[5]
Facilities and aircraft
North Little Rock Municipal Airport covers an area of 621 acres (251 ha) at an elevation of 545 feet (166 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 17/35 is 3,019 by 75 feet (920 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 5/23 is 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) with a concrete surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2008, the airport had 37,200 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 150 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 4% jet, 5% helicopter, and 1% ultralight.[1]
The airport's fixed base operators (FBOs) are Barrett Aviation[6] and Air Charter Express.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for ORK (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)". 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf.
- ^ "North Little Rock Municipal Airport". http://www.northlittlerockairport.com/. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "North Little Rock, Arkansas (FAA: ORK, ICAO: KORK)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KORK. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Cork Airport, Ireland (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=ORK. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ Barrett Aviation. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ Air Charter Express. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
External links
- North Little Rock Municipal Airport
- Airport page at City of North Little Rock website
- Aerial image as of 25 March 2001 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for ORK, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for ORK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for ORK
Categories:- Airports in Arkansas
- Transportation in Pulanski County, Arkansas
- Buildings and structures in Pulanski County, Arkansas
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