Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,365 ft / 416 m 18/36 6,161 Code HRO Phone +1 870-741-6954 | Serves Harrison, Arkansas Website BooneCountyAirport.com 6,161 1,878 Elevation 416 m Owner Boone County, Arkansas | |
Address 2524 Airport Rd, Harrison, AR 72601, USA | ||
Boone County Airport (IATA: HRO, ICAO: KHRO, FAA LID: HRO) is a county-owned public-use airport in Boone County, Arkansas, United States. Also known as Boone County Regional Airport, it is located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Harrison, Arkansas. The airport serves the surrounding areas including Branson, Missouri. It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline, a service which is subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $2,251,207(per year). As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,903 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 276 enplanements in 2009, and 1,778 in 2010. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
Facilities and aircraft
Boone County Airport covers an area of 425 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 1,365 feet (416 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,161 by 150 feet (1,878 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2010, the airport had 8,500 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 87% general aviation, 12% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, and 4% jet.