Saline County Airport, also known as Watts Field, was a county-owned public-use airport located one mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Benton, a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. The airport's address was 401 Airline Drive in Benton.The airport opened in 1957. Construction on the new Saline County Regional Airport began in November 2002 and it opened on March 12, 2007. The existing was closed after the new airport opened.Facilities and aircraftSaline County Airport covered an area of 72acre which contained one runway designated 17/35 with a 3,980 x 50 ft (1,213 x 15 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 39,000 aircraft operations, an average of 106 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 44 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% helicopter.
