Wharton Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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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 / 29.25417°N 96.15417°W | ||||||||||
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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]
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]