Stuttgart Municipal Airport is in Prairie County, Arkansas. It is eight miles north of Stuttgart, which owns the airport and is the county seat of Arkansas County. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized as a general aviation facility.HistoryStuttgart Municipal Airport dates to 1942 when it was built by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used as an advanced twin-engine flying school and glider training. With the end of World War II, Stuttgart Army Airfield was declared excess and closed on 5 August 1946. It was conveyed though the War Assets Administration (WAA) to the City of Stuttgart to establish a municipal airport.Airline flights (Trans-Texas DC-3s) ended in 1958-59.FacilitiesStuttgart Municipal Airport covers 2,560acre at an elevation of 224 feet (68 m). It has two runways: 9/27 is 5,002 by 150 feet (1,525 x 46 m) concrete; 18/36 is 6,015 by 100 feet (1,833 x 30 m) asphalt.In the year ending June 30, 2008 the airport had 40,200 aircraft operations, average 110 per day: 87% general aviation, 7.5% military, and 5.5% air taxi. 34 aircraft were then based at the airport: 82% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 3% jet and 3% helicopter.
