Drake Field
The Cradle of NW Arkansas Aviation
It all started at the airport in the valley just south of Fayetteville, Ark. -- the first flight in northwest Arkansas, the first commuter flight, the first aviation school. One of America's first and largest commuter lines launched at Drake Field. An industry was changed by flights from Drake Field when a load of special chicks were brought into a little poultry company called Tyson. Other fields have come along to fill the growing aviation needs for cargo and commuters, but Drake Field remains. For more details on the history of aviation at Drake Field, please read Mike Eckels' detailed 20th Century Timeline of Drake Field. Here's some data on the airport that may be of use to pilots flying in to visit the Arkansas Air Museum. By the way, there are two entrances at the A.A.M. -- one faces the parking lot on U.S. 71; the other is right on the flight line for pilots.
Drake Field Web site
Drake Field Photos on Access Fayetteville
MAG VAR: 5 deg E
ELEVATION: 1251 MSL
PHONE: 501/521-4750
FAX: 501/521-1735
HOURS: 5 am to 11 pm
Tower Hours: 6 am to 10 pm
FEES: Hangar Fee
CHARTS: L - 6
KANSAS CITY, L - 14
APPROACH: Memphis Ctr 126.1
Razorback 121.0
COMM FREQ:
Unicom - 122.95
TWR - 128.0
GND - 121.8
FSS - 122.3
CTAF - 128.0
Drake Field (FYV)
FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Publicly Owned, Public Use
3 mi. S of city.
N36-0.30 W094-10.20
RUNWAYS/LIGHTS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
16-34 6006X100; asphalt grooved; MIRL; ctc FSS 10 pm to 6 am
