# Memorial Field Airport (HOT / KHOT)

**Memorial Field Airport** (IATA: HOT, ICAO: KHOT) is a medium airport in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,595 ft (2,010 m). In 2024 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HOT / KHOT
- FAA: HOT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 540 ft / 165 m
- Coordinates: 34.4788, -93.0963
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,595 ft / 2,010 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 6,661 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.hotspringsairport.net/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Field_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652208
- Weather station: KHOT
- Ident: KHOT

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Memorial Field Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,595 ft / 2,010 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 054° / 234° | yes |
| 13/31 | 4,098 ft / 1,249 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 5,805 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 9,170 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 9,461 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 6,085 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 8,685 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 9,941 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,431 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 6,661 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · United States · 181 mi / 292 km · Southern Airways Express
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 252 mi / 405 km · Southern Airways Express

### Seasonal (1)

- [HRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khro.md) Boone County Airport · United States · 123 mi / 198 km · Southern Airways Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 9X [Southern Airways Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southern-airways-express) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7K (2024) | #2,850 of 3,974 | #728 in North America | #524 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,595 ft / 2,010 m | =3,805 of 29,858 | =958 in North America | #730 in US |
| Elevation | 540 ft / 165 m | #26,416 of 43,403 | #12,661 in North America | #10,571 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MEMPHIS CNTR | 127.825 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.925 |
| RDO | JONESBORO RDO | 110.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [KSUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksuz.md) Saline County Regional Airport · 36 mi / 58 km
- [LIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klit.md) Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field · 53 mi / 85 km
- [LRF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klrf.md) Little Rock Air Force Base · 62 mi / 99 km
- [PBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpbf.md) Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field · 69 mi / 112 km
- [TXK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktxk.md) Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field) · 87 mi / 141 km
- [ELD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keld.md) South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field · 88 mi / 142 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: “Memorial Field Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Memorial_Field_Airport&oldid=1363058497), 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/khot/data