Bentonville Municipal Airport
Bentonville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KVBT, FAA LID: VBT) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Bentonville, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It is also known as Louise M. Thaden Field or Louise Thaden Field, a name it was given in 1951 to honor Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905–1979), an aviation pioneer from Bentonville.
Bentonville Municipal Airport Louise M. Thaden Field | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Bentonville | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bentonville, Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,296 ft / 395 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°20′45″N 094°13′10″W | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned VBT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
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