# Boone County Airport (HRO / KHRO)

**Boone County Airport** (IATA: HRO, ICAO: KHRO) is a medium airport in Harrison, Arkansas, United States. It opened in Dec 1944. It has one runway, 6,161 ft (1,878 m) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HRO / KHRO
- FAA: HRO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Harrison, Arkansas, United States
- Opened: Dec 1944
- Elevation: 1,365 ft / 416 m
- Coordinates: 36.2615, -93.1547
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,161 ft / 1,878 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 8,081 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.boonecountyairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_County_Airport_(Arkansas) (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3813448
- Weather station: KHRO · WMO 72345
- Ident: KHRO

## Timeline

- Dec 1944: Boone County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 6,161 ft / 1,878 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 186° / 006° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05135AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 8,736 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 8,596 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 10,517 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 9,756 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 6,905 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 9,360 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 11,427 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 8,971 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 8,081 | 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 · 197 mi / 317 km · Southern Airways Express
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 321 mi / 516 km · Southern Airways Express

### Seasonal (1)

- [HOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khot.md) Memorial Field Airport · United States · 123 mi / 198 km · Southern Airways Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HRO, 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 | 8K (2024) | #2,769 of 3,974 | #691 in North America | #491 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,161 ft / 1,878 m | #4,371 of 29,858 | #1,162 in North America | #903 in US |
| Elevation | 1,365 ft / 416 m | #13,189 of 43,403 | #5,684 in North America | #4,366 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 121.125 |
| CNTR | MEMPHIS CNTR | 126.850 |
| RDO | JONESBORO RDO | 122.450 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [BKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbbg.md) Branson Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [WMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbpk.md) Ozark Regional Airport · 39 mi / 62 km
- [FYV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfyv.md) Drake Field · 59 mi / 96 km
- [XNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kxna.md) Northwest Arkansas National Airport · 64 mi / 103 km
- [SGF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksgf.md) Springfield Branson National Airport · 69 mi / 111 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: “Boone County Airport (Arkansas)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boone_County_Airport_(Arkansas)&oldid=1375174791), revision of 16 Sep 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/khro/data