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{{Infobox airport
| name         = Drake Field
| nativename   = Fayetteville Executive Airport
| image        = Drake Field terminal.jpg
| IATA         = FYV
| ICAO         = KFYV
| FAA          = FYV
| type         = Public
| owner        = City of Fayetteville
| operator     = City of Fayetteville
| city-served  = [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
| location     = [[Greenland, Arkansas]]
| elevation-f  = 1,251
| elevation-m  = 381
| coordinates  = {{coord|36|00|18|N|094|10|12|W|region:US-AR_type:airport|display=title,inline}}
| website      = 
| pushpin_map            = USA Arkansas#USA
| pushpin_relief         = yes
| pushpin_label          = '''FYV'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number    = 16/34
| r1-length-f  = 6,005
| r1-length-m  = 1,830
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
| stat-year    = 2020
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 24,907
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 96
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=FYV|use=PU|own=PU|site=00975.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 13 July 2023.</ref>
}}

'''Drake Field''' {{airport codes|FYV|KFYV|FYV}} is a public airport three miles south of [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]], in [[Washington County, Arkansas|Washington County]], [[Arkansas]].<ref name="FAA" /> It is also known as '''Fayetteville Executive Airport'''<ref>[http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/aviation/index.cfm Fayetteville Executive Airport] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820061644/http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/aviation/index.cfm |date=August 20, 2008 }}, official site</ref> and was formerly '''Fayetteville Municipal Airport'''.

== Historical airline service ==
[[File:Fayetteville FYV.jpg|thumb|Aerial view]]
Drake Field was the commercial airport for northwest Arkansas until the opening of the [[Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport|Northwest Arkansas National Airport]] (XNA) in [[Highfill, Arkansas]] in 1998. It was served by [[Central Airlines]] with [[Douglas DC-3]] prop aircraft and later with [[Convair 600]] turboprops from 1955 until Central was acquired by the original [[Frontier Airlines (1950-1986)|Frontier Airlines]] in 1967.

Frontier continued serving Fayetteville through the 1970's with [[Convair 580]] turboprops nonstop and direct to Dallas/Ft. Worth, nonstop to Harrison, AR, Hot Springs, AR and Joplin, MO, and direct to Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis, St. Louis, Tulsa and Fort Leonard Wood, MO according to the March 2, 1977 Frontier Airlines system timetable.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, March 2, 1977 Frontier timetable</ref> Frontier then ceased serving Fayetteville in 1982 at which time [[Metro Airlines]] began service to DFW with one stop at Fort Smith using former Frontier Convair 580's. Metro became an American Eagle affiliate for [[American Airlines]] in 1984.

[[Scheduled Skyways]] (which was also known as Skyways) was a commuter air carrier based in Fayetteville which was subsequently acquired and merged with [[Air Midwest]] in 1985.  In 1974, the airline was operating nonstop flights from the airport to Little Rock and Tulsa.<ref>April 15, 1974 Scheduled Skyways route map</ref>  By early 1985 before the merger with Air Midwest, Skyways was operating nonstop service to the airport from Dallas/Fort Worth, St. Louis, Memphis, Little Rock, Tulsa, Springfield, MO, Joplin, MO, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Hot Springs, AR, Jonesboro, AR, Fort Smith, AR, Harrison, AR and Springdale, AR with direct flights from Kansas City and Wichita flown with [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] and [[Nord 262]] turboprops.<ref>Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Fayetteville, AR flight schedules</ref><ref>Feb. 15, 1985 Skyways route map</ref>

According to the [[Official Airline Guide]] ([[OAG (company)|OAG]]), in 1995 five airlines were operating scheduled passenger service into the airport with all flights being operated with regional and commuter turboprop airliners via respective [[code sharing]] agreements with various major air carriers including [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] with service on behalf of [[American Airlines]] with nonstop [[Saab 340]] service from Dallas/Fort Worth and Nashville, [[Delta Connection]] operated by [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] (ASA) on behalf of [[Delta Air Lines]] with nonstop [[Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia]] flights from Dallas/Fort Worth, [[Northwest Airlink]] operated by [[Express Airlines I]] on behalf of [[Northwest Airlines]] with [[British Aerospace]] [[BAe Jetstream 31]] and [[Saab 340]] nonstop service from Memphis and Fort Smith, [[Trans World Express]] operated by [[Trans States Airlines]] on behalf of [[Trans World Airlines]] ([[TWA]]) with nonstop [[ATR 42]], [[ATR 72]] and [[Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia]] flights from St. Louis and Springfield, MO, and [[USAir Express]] operating flights on behalf of [[USAir]] with nonstop [[Beechcraft 1900]] service from Kansas City and Little Rock.<ref>April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Fayetteville, AR (FYV) flight schedules</ref> The OAG listed a combined total of 44 airline flights being operated into the airport every weekday at this time in 1995.

==Facilities==
The airport covers {{convert|631|acre|ha}} at an elevation of {{convert|1,251|feet|0}}. Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,005 by 100 feet (1,830 x 30 m).<ref name="FAA" /> A [[Fayetteville Fire Department Fire Station 3|historic fire station]] was located on site.

The [[Arkansas Air & Military Museum]] is at the airport, with part of its collection housed in a heritage-listed hangar built in the 1940s and several aircraft on display outdoors.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lockcuff |first=Mel |url=http://onlyinark.com/places-and-travel/aviation-history-at-arkansas-air-and-military-museum/ |title=Aviation History at Arkansas Air and Military Museum |website=Only In Arkansas |date=March 23, 2015 |access-date=September 13, 2017 }}</ref>

In the year ending December 31, 2020 the airport had 24,907 aircraft operations, average 68 per day: 86% [[general aviation]], 8% [[air taxi]], 6% military, and <1% airline. 96 aircraft were then based at the airport: 73 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 14 jets and 2 helicopter.<ref name="FAA" />

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Arkansas]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.fayetteville-ar.gov/1375/Airport]
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&w=600&h=1000&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of 28 February 2001] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
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* {{FAA-procedures|FYV}}
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