Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport
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{{Infobox Airport
| name = Memorial Field Airport
| nativename = Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport
| image = HOT_airport_logo.jpg
| IATA = HOT
| ICAO = KHOT
| FAA = HOT
| type = Public
| owner = City of Hot Springs
| operator =
| city-served =
| location = [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]]
| elevation-f = 540
| elevation-m = 165
| coordinates = {{coord|34|28|41|N|093|05|46|W|type:airport|display=inline}}
| website = [http://www.hotspringsairport.net/ HotSpringsAirport.net]
| r1-number = 5/23
| r1-length-f = 6,595
| r1-length-m = 2,010
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 13/31
| r2-length-f = 4,099
| r2-length-m = 1,249
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2006
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 42,622
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 128
| footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=HOT|use=PU|own=PU|site=01023.*A}}, effective 2007-07-05</ref>
}}
'''Memorial Field Airport''' {{airport codes|HOT|KHOT|HOT}}, also known as '''Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport''', is a public [[airport]] located three miles (5 [[Kilometre|km]]) southwest of the [[central business district]] of [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], a city in [[Garland County, Arkansas|Garland County]], [[Arkansas]], [[United States]].<ref name=FAA /> It also serves nearby [[Hot Springs National Park]].
The airport is mostly used for [[general aviation]], but is also served by [[Mesa Airlines]] (although, as reported by the [[Associated Press|AP]], Mesa intends to drop service to this airport<ref>{{cite news |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080123/ar_air_service_notice.html?.v=1 |title=Mesa Plans to Drop Ark Air Service |publisher=Associated Press (via Yahoo!) |date=2008-01-23}}</ref>). Service is subsidized by the [[Essential Air Service]] program.
Fifteen retired [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] [[EMB 120|Embraer 120s]] are stored here.{{Fact|date=September 2007}}
== Facilities and aircraft ==
Memorial Field covers an area of 844 [[acre]]s (342 [[hectare|ha]]) which contains two [[asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 5/23 measuring 6,595 x 150 ft. (2,010 x 46 m) and 13/31 at 4,099 x 150 ft. (1,249 x 46 m).<ref name=FAA />
For the 12-month period ending July 18, 2006, the airport had 42,622 aircraft operations, an average of 116 per day: 85% [[general aviation]], 14% [[air taxi]] and 1% military. There are 128 aircraft based at this airport: 52% single engine, 44% multi-engine and 5% jet aircraft.<ref name=FAA />
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.hotspringsairport.net/ Memorial Field Airport] (official web site)
*[http://www.ci.hot-springs.ar.us/dept-airport.html City of Hot Springs: Airport]
*{{HybridMapLink|34.478|-93.0962|13}}
*{{US-airport-ga|HOT}}
*Essential Air Service documents ([http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple.cfm?searchType=docket&sortBy=desc&numberValue=2935 Docket Number 2935]) from the [[United States Department of Transportation|U.S. Department of Transportation]]:
**[http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=435257&docketid=2935 Order 2007-1-7: Selects Air Midwest to provide EAS for two years beginning April 1, 2007]
**[http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=419902&docketid=2935 Order 2006-10-9: Request for proposals to provide EAS for two years beginning April 1, 2007]
**[http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=311950&docketid=2935 Order 2005-1-14: Selects Air Midwest to provide EAS for two years ending March 31, 2007]
[[Category:Airports in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Essential Air Service]]
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