Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field satellite view
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KVBT ·

Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field

36.34570°N
-94.21930°W
ARR / DAY
29
1.5%
DEP / DAY
34
5.9%

Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field (KVBT) is a small general aviation airport located in Bentonville, AR, 79 mi south west of Springfield. It features 1 runway measuring 5,053 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 29 arrivals and 34 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14m ago
Temp
97°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KVBT 201756Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 36/19 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP156 T03610189 10361 20250 58003

Runways

1 installed

5,053 FT MAX
18/36
5,053 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

18
75% of ops
833 land · 1,004 TO
36
25% of ops
274 land · 188 TO
Runway 18 carries 75% of operations (833 landings, 1,004 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 25%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 833 landings
UA 10%
36 274 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 18 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (83 UA events from 833 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
54.5
flights/day · 1,634 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 54.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (54.1 vs 57.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (40% of 1,209 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.975
APCH 121.000
APCH 244.575
UNICOM 122.975
AWOS 134.975
CD/P 121.050
OTHER 121.050
FAYETTEV 126.100
OTHER 126.100
CD/P 263.125
OTHER 263.125
FAYETTEV 269.000
OTHER 269.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:10 UTC