page_title: Drake Field
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Drake Field / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Drake Field in Fayetteville, AR
context_page_description: Drake Field is a public airport three miles south of Fayetteville, in Washington County, Arkansas. It is also known as Fayetteville Executive Airport and was formerly Fayetteville Municipal Airport.
context_section_description: Drake Field was the commercial airport for Northwest Arkansas until the opening of the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill, Arkansas. It was served by Central Airlines Douglas DC-3s and Convair 600s from 1955 until Central was acquired by the original Frontier Airlines in 1967. Frontier started scheduled jet service at Drake Field in 1977, weekly Boeing 737-200s to Dallas/Ft. Worth via Fort Smith. Frontier Convair 580s flew nonstop to Dallas/Ft. Worth and direct to Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis, St. Louis and Tulsa; Frontier pulled out in 1982.
caption: Aerial view
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