North Little Rock Municipal Airport

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = North Little Rock Municipal Airport

| image =

| IATA =

| ICAO = KORK

| FAA = ORK

| type = Public

| owner = City of North Little Rock

| operator =

| city-served = North Little Rock, Arkansas

| location =

| elevation-f = 545

| elevation-m = 166

| website = [https://nlr.ar.gov/departments/airport/ nlr.ar.gov]

| coordinates = {{coord|34|49|59|N|092|15|15|W|region:US-AR|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = USA Arkansas#USA

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Arkansas / United States

| pushpin_label = ORK

| pushpin_label_position = right

| r1-number = 5/23

| r1-length-f = 5,002

| r1-surface = Concrete

| r2-number = 17/35

| r2-length-f = 3,019

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2021

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 5/30/2021)

| stat1-data = 32,200

| stat2-header = Based aircraft

| stat2-data = 61

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=ORK|use=PU|own=PU|site=01118.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 9, 2023.

}}

North Little Rock Municipal Airport {{airport codes||KORK|ORK{{nobold|, formerly}} 1M1}} is a public use airport in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of North Little Rock and located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) north of its central business district.

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport

{{cite web

| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf

| title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)

| work = 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration

| date = October 4, 2010

}}

for Little Rock National Airport.

{{cite web

| url = https://nlr.ar.gov/departments/airport/

| title = North Little Rock Municipal Airport

| accessdate = October 19, 2011

}}

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ORK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA

{{cite web

| url = http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KORK

| title = North Little Rock, Arkansas (FAA: ORK, ICAO: KORK)

| publisher = Great Circle Mapper

| accessdate = October 19, 2011

}}

(which assigned ORK to Cork Airport in Cork, Ireland).

{{cite web

| url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=ORK

| title = Cork Airport, Ireland (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK)

| publisher = Aviation Safety Network

| accessdate = October 19, 2011

}}

Facilities and aircraft

North Little Rock Municipal Airport covers an area of 621 acres (251 ha) at an elevation of 545 feet (166 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 17/35 is 3,019 by 75 feet (920 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2021, the airport had 32,200 aircraft operations, an average of 88 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 61 aircraft based at this airport: 50 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 3 jet, and 4 helicopter.

The airport's fixed-base operators (FBOs) are Barrett Aviation[http://www.barrettaviation.com/ Barrett Aviation]. Retrieved October 19, 2011. and Air Charter Express.[http://www.aceaircharter.com/ Air Charter Express] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208101232/http://aceaircharter.com/ |date=2011-02-08 }}. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

See also

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