Wharton Regional Airport
Airport
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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]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Wharton | ||||||||||
| Serves | Wharton, Texas, United States | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 100 ft (30 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°15′15″N 096°09′15″W | ||||||||||
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  WHT Location of the airport in Texas | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[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]
