# Arkansas International Airport (BYH / KBYH)

**Arkansas International Airport** (IATA: BYH, ICAO: KBYH) is a medium airport in Blytheville, Arkansas, United States. It opened in Oct 1943. It has one runway, 11,602 ft (3,536 m) long, concrete.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BYH / KBYH
- FAA: BYH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Blytheville, Arkansas, United States
- Opened: Oct 1943
- Elevation: 254 ft / 77 m
- Coordinates: 35.9643, -89.9440
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 11,602 ft / 3,536 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_International_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4387053
- Weather station: KBYH
- Ident: KBYH

## Timeline

- Oct 1943: Arkansas International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 11,602 ft / 3,536 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 11,602 ft / 3,536 m | #461 of 29,858 | #111 in North America | #97 in US |
| Elevation | 254 ft / 77 m | =32,491 of 43,403 | =14,880 in North America | =12,534 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MEMPHIS CNTR | 134.650 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [JBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjbr.md) Jonesboro Municipal Airport · 40 mi / 65 km
- [NQA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knqa.md) Millington-Memphis Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [MKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmkl.md) McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · 64 mi / 102 km
- [CGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcgi.md) Cape Girardeau Regional Airport · 90 mi / 144 km

## 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/kbyh/data