# Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field (KVBT)

**Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field** (ICAO: KVBT) is a small airport in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. It opened in Sep 1946. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,053 ft (1,540 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KVBT
- FAA: VBT
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
- Opened: Sep 1946
- Elevation: 1,298 ft / 396 m
- Coordinates: 36.3457, -94.2193
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,053 ft / 1,540 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.bentonvillear.com/385/Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentonville_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619602
- Weather station: KVBT
- Ident: KVBT

## Timeline

- Sep 1946: Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,053 ft / 1,540 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 17/35 | 2,448 ft / 746 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass | 180° / 360° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06126AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,053 ft / 1,540 m | =6,216 of 29,858 | #2,106 in North America | #1,714 in US |
| Elevation | 1,298 ft / 396 m | =13,917 of 43,403 | =6,009 in North America | =4,647 in US |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =1,680 in North America | =1,626 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | RAZORBACK APP/DEP | 121.000 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 134.975 |
| CLD | RAZORBACK CLNC DEL | 121.050 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kvbt/data