Mountain View Airport (Arkansas)
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Mountain View Airport , also known as Harry E. Wilcox Memorial Field, is a public airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 of Mountain View
Mountain View, Arkansas
Mountain View is the largest city in and the county seat of Stone County in the north-central region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 2,998. The town's name comes from its location in a valley surrounded by the eastern Ozark...

, a city in Stone County, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It is owned by the City of Mountain View.

Facilities and aircraft

Mountain View Airport covers an area of 88 acres (35.6 ha) which contains one asphalt
Asphalt
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 paved runway
Runway
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 (9/27) measuring 4,502 x 70 ft (1,372 x 21 m). For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2005, the airport had 11,000 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 95% general aviation
General aviation
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and 5% military.
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