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Walnut Ridge Regional Airport

36.12467°N
-90.92511°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲ 109.1%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 466.7%

Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (KARG/ARG) is a small general aviation airport located in Walnut Ridge, AR, 83 mi north west of Memphis. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

53m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
3 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KARG 150456Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM BKN036 24/24 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP186 T02440244 $

Runways

3 installed

6,001 FT MAX
04/22
6,001 ft × 150
CON● LITMED
13/31
5,003 ft × 150
CON○ unlit
18/36
5,001 ft × 150
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

31
36% of ops
43 land · 0 TO
04
35% of ops
42 land · 12 TO
22
12% of ops
15 land · 19 TO
36
12% of ops
14 land · 7 TO
13
3% of ops
4 land · 2 TO
18
2% of ops
3 land · 4 TO
Runway 31 carries 36% of operations (43 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 35%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

31 43 landings
UA 0%
04 42 landings
UA 0%
22 15 landings
UA 0%
36 14 landings
UA 0%
13 4 landings
UA 0%
18 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 43 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.2
flights/day · 97 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.5 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

16 · 22%
8 · 11%
6 · 8%
6 · 8%
5 · 7%
4 · 5%
Activity is led by (22% of 74 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 126.525 —
OTHER 120.075 —
WALNUT R 120.075 —
OTHER 122.500 —
WALNUT R 122.500 —
OTHER 289.400 —
WALNUT R 289.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Elevation:
279 ft
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

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Nitrohog
11/04/2012
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