# West Memphis Municipal Airport (AWM / KAWM)

**West Memphis Municipal Airport** (IATA: AWM, ICAO: KAWM) is a small airport in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. It opened in Feb 1964. It has one runway, 6,003 ft (1,830 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kawm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AWM / KAWM
- FAA: AWM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: West Memphis, Arkansas, United States
- Opened: Feb 1964
- Elevation: 213 ft / 65 m
- Coordinates: 35.1351, -90.2344
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,003 ft / 1,830 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7985888
- Weather station: KAWM
- Ident: KAWM

## Timeline

- Feb 1964: West Memphis Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 6,003 ft / 1,830 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 181° / 001° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,003 ft / 1,830 m | =4,557 of 29,858 | =1,259 in North America | =988 in US |
| Elevation | 213 ft / 65 m | =33,611 of 43,403 | =15,367 in North America | =12,933 in US |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =3,671 in North America | =3,589 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MEMPHIS APP | 119.100 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.175 |
| CLD | MEMPHIS CLNC DEL | 121.700 |
| DEP | MEMPHIS DEP | 124.650 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kawm/data