# South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (ELD / KELD)

**South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field** (IATA: ELD, ICAO: KELD) is a medium airport in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. It opened in Dec 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,601 ft (2,012 m). In 2024 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ELD / KELD
- FAA: ELD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: El Dorado, Arkansas, United States
- Opened: Dec 1944
- Elevation: 277 ft / 85 m
- Coordinates: 33.2210, -92.8133
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,601 ft / 2,012 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 5,056 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flyeld.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Arkansas_Regional_Airport_at_Goodwin_Field (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7566004
- Weather station: KELD
- Ident: KELD

## Timeline

- Dec 1944: South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 6,601 ft / 2,012 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 13/31 | 5,100 ft / 1,555 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 7,820 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,079 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,973 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,779 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 6,009 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 7,801 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 6,204 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 5,056 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 245 mi / 395 km · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ELD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5K (2024) | #2,924 of 3,974 | #764 in North America | #552 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,601 ft / 2,012 m | =3,785 of 29,858 | =945 in North America | =721 in US |
| Elevation | 277 ft / 85 m | #31,919 of 43,403 | #14,663 in North America | #12,350 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | FORT WORTH CNTR | 126.320 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.325 |
| RDO | JONESBORO RDO | 122.650 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [MLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmlu.md) Monroe Regional Airport · 67 mi / 107 km
- [KLLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kllq.md) Monticello Municipal Ellis Field · 68 mi / 109 km
- [TXK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktxk.md) Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field) · 70 mi / 112 km
- [BAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbad.md) Barksdale Air Force Base · 70 mi / 113 km
- [SHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kshv.md) Shreveport Regional Airport · 80 mi / 128 km
- [PBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpbf.md) Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field · 83 mi / 134 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Arkansas_Regional_Airport_at_Goodwin_Field&oldid=1363079746), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/keld/data