Hope Municipal Airport
Hope Municipal Airport (FAA LID: M18) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northwest of the central business district of Hope, a city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Hope | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Hope, Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Hempstead County | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 359 ft / 109 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°43′12″N 093°39′32″W | ||||||||||||||
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M18 Location of airport in Arkansas M18 M18 (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency signed a $25,000-per-month lease with the city to use 453 acres (1.83 km2) at the Hope Municipal Airport as a staging area for trailers. About 12,000 travel trailers and 8,300 mobile homes sat at the airport. Many of them were never used by the victims of Hurricane Katrina or other emergency.
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