Rogers Executive Airport

Rogers Executive Airport

Carter Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Rogers
ServesRogers, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL1,359 ft / 414 m
Coordinates36°22′21″N 094°06′25″W / 36.37250°N 94.10694°W / 36.37250; -94.10694
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ROG is located in Arkansas
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Location of airport in Arkansas
ROG is located in the United States
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ROG (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 6,011 1,832 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019)32,000
Based aircraft (2022)117

Rogers Executive Airport (IATA: ROG, ICAO: KROG, FAA LID: ROG), also known as Carter Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Rogers, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Rogers Executive Airport covers an area of 460 acres (190 ha) at an elevation of 1,359 feet (414 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,011 by 100 feet (1,832 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 32,000 aircraft operations, an average of 88 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi. In May 2022, there were 117 aircraft based at this airport: 79 single-engine, 12 multi-engine and 26 jets.[1]

Beaver Lake Aviation is the airport's full service FBO. The airport features a fully staffed Control Tower, as well as on-site Index A ARFF coverage provided by Rogers Fire Department Station 3.

The airport is also the hub for Walmart Aviation, which operates the private jet fleet for Walmart Inc. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company stores 22 of its private jets at the location and has contributed greatly to the development of the airport. It uses these jets to transport employees to the remote locations of its many retail stores.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for ROG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 19, 2022.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Wal-Mart Wields Corp. Fleet".