Wharton Regional Airport (IATA: WHT, ICAO: KARM, FAA LID: ARM) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district of Wharton, a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the City of Wharton.[1]
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA. However, this airport is assigned ARM by the FAA but has been assigned WHT from the IATA. [2] Note that ARM was assigned to Armidale Airport in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.[3] The airport's former FAA identifier was 5R5.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Wharton Regional Airport covers an area of 124 acres (50 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (14/32) measuring 5,004 x 75 ft (1,525 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending April 14, 2023, the airport had 4,480 aircraft operations, an average of 86 per week: 98% general aviation and 2% military.[1]
The airport is used by the South Texas Balloon Launch Team, an amateur radio balloon group based out of Houston, for free float balloon launches. The team launch BLT-27 on Saturday, August 20, 2019 at 10am. [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for ARM PDF, effective 2023-10-05
- ^ Airport information for KARM at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ ARM / YARM - Armidale, New South Wales, Australia at Great Circle Mapper
- ^ KARM - Wharton Regional Airport - Wharton, Texas at AirNav.com
- ^ http://www.w5acm.net South Texas Balloon Launch Team
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ARM
- AirNav airport information for KARM
- ASN accident history for WHT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures