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KVBT ·

Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field

36.34570°N
-94.21930°W
ARR / DAY
25
▲ 25.9%
DEP / DAY
29
▲ 18.1%

Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field (KVBT) is a small general aviation airport located in Bentonville, AR, 79 mi south west of Springfield. It features 1 runway measuring 5,053 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 25 arrivals and 29 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
3 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KVBT 101256Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 07/07 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP226 T00670067

Runways

1 installed

5,053 FT MAX
18/36
5,053 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
78% of ops
871 land · 1,102 TO
36
22% of ops
247 land · 167 TO
Runway 18 carries 78% of operations (871 landings, 1,102 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

18 871 landings
UA 8%
36 247 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 18 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (74 UA events from 871 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
52.2
flights/day · 1,566 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 52.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (59.0 vs 52.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 1,053 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.975 —
APCH 121.000 —
APCH 244.575 —
UNICOM 122.975 —
AWOS 134.975 —
CD/P 121.050 —
OTHER 121.050 —
FAYETTEV 126.100 —
OTHER 126.100 —
CD/P 263.125 —
OTHER 263.125 —
FAYETTEV 269.000 —
OTHER 269.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:09 UTC