Bentonville Municipal Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Bentonville | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bentonville, Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,296 ft / 395 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°20′45″N 094°13′10″W / 36.34583°N 94.21944°W | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
Bentonville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KVBT, FAA LID: VBT) is a city-owned, public-use airport located 2 nmi (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Bentonville, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It is also known as Louise M. Thaden Field or Louise Thaden Field, a name it was given in 1951 to honor Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905–1979), an aviation pioneer from Bentonville.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Bentonville Municipal Airport is assigned VBT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.