Marion County Regional Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 in Marion County, Arkansas

Arkansas

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, United States

United States

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. It is located one nautical mile

Nautical mile

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 (2 km

Kilometre

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) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Flippin, Arkansas

Flippin, Arkansas

Flippin is a city in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,357 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Flippin is located on a major non-interstate highway, US 412/62, in the Ozark Mountains near the South Shore of Bull Shoals Lake...

.

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

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 for 2011–2015, which categorized

FAA airport categories

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 it as a general aviation

General aviation

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airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Marion County Regional Airport covers an area of 80 acre

Acre

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s (32 ha

Hectare

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) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 719 feet (219 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 4/22 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2011, the airport had 14,800 aircraft operations, an average of 40 per day: 92% general aviation

General aviation

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, 7% air taxi

Air taxi

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, and 1% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 26% multi-engine, and 4% ultralight.

External links

• Marion County Regional Airport (FLP) at Arkansas Department of Aeronautics
• Aerial image as of 28 February 2001 from USGS The National Map