Rogers Municipal Airport , also known as Carter Field, is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Rogers

Rogers, Arkansas

Rogers is a suburban city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 55,964. The city is located in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area, in the northwest corner of the state.-History:...

, a city in Benton County

Benton County, Arkansas

Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the population was 153,406. The U.S. Census Bureau 2010 population is 221,339. The county seat is Bentonville. Benton County was formed on 30 September 1836 and was named after Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S...

, Arkansas

Arkansas

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, United States

United States

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. 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 2009–2013, which categorized

FAA airport categories

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 it as a general aviation

General aviation

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facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Rogers Municipal Airport covers an area of 460 acres (186.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,359 feet (414 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 2/20 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 6,011 by 100 feet (1,832 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2009, the airport had 32,000 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per day: 94% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 6% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 100 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 14% multi-engine, 27% jet

Jet aircraft

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 and 1% helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

.

External links

• Rogers Municipal Airport at City of Rogers website
• Beaver Lake Aviation, the fixed base operator
  Fixed base operator
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   (FBO)
• Aerial image as of 28 February 2001 from USGS The National Map