Tidwell Flying Service Airport (6AR5), Arkansas
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Tidwell Flying Service (6AR5) is a private-use airstrip near Carlisle, Arkansas, with a single asphalt-turf runway. It sits well outside the customs network, with the nearest port of entry over 20 nm away at Little Rock.
Runways
Tidwell Flying Service Airport has one paved runway, 09/27, 4,584 ft long and 45 ft wide, with an asphalt and turf surface.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Tidwell Flying Service Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Bill and Hillary Clinton National / Adams Field (KLIT), 21 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Tidwell Flying Service Airport recorded 0 business aviation movements in 2025. Recorded traffic at 6AR5 is concentrated in November, based on FAA TFMSC data.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month November, 0 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Weather station is 13.9 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Tidwell Flying Service Airport has published operating constraints in one category: runway notes.
The runway centerline consists of a 25-foot-wide asphalt strip with 10-foot turf shoulders on each side.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Tidwell Flying Service Airport has five airfields within 22 NM. The closest is Carlisle Municipal, 4.64 NM northeast.
Part of the Little Rock area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at 6AR5
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at 6AR5.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
What runway does 6AR5 offer for arriving aircraft?
Tidwell Flying Service (6AR5) has one runway, 09/27, measuring 4,584 feet long and 45 feet wide. The surface is asphalt with turf shoulders, and the field is unattended with no published customs service onsite.
Is customs clearance available at Tidwell Flying Service?
No customs service is listed onsite at Tidwell Flying Service (6AR5). The nearest customs facility is Bill and Hillary Clinton National / Adams Field (KLIT), located about 21.21 nm away.
How busy is traffic at 6AR5?
Tidwell Flying Service (6AR5) is a low-activity field, with FAA TFMSC data showing a single recorded operation for 2025, none of it business aviation. The field is classified in the lowest operations tier and remains unattended.