Wharton Regional Airport

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]

Wharton Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Wharton
ServesWharton, Texas, United States
Elevation AMSL100 ft / 30 m
Coordinates29°15′15″N 096°09′15″W
Map
WHT is located in Texas
WHT
WHT
Location of the airport in Texas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations11,800

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 July 28, 2005, the airport had 11,800 aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% 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]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for ARM PDF, effective 2007-10-25
  2. Airport information for KARM at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ARM / YARM - Armidale, New South Wales, Australia at Great Circle Mapper
  4. KARM - Wharton Regional Airport - Wharton, Texas at AirNav.com
  5. http://www.w5acm.net South Texas Balloon Launch Team


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