Memorial Field Airport is located in City of Hot Springs, in Garland County, Arkansas, United States, southwest of Downtown Hot Springs. It serves nearby Hot Springs National Park. The airport is used for general aviation; airline flights are subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $1,637,012 (per year). The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year). Facilities Memorial Field covers 844 acres (342 ha) at an elevation of 540 feet (165 m). It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 6,595 by 150 feet (2,010 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 4,098 by 100 feet (1,249 x 30 m). The airport is non-towered (the existing tower is no longer staffed). In the year ending August 31, 2021, the airport had 29,800 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 91% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 3% military. In April 2022, there were 77 aircraft based at this airport: 60 single-engine, 9 multi-engine, 6 jet and 2 helicopter. Airlines and destinations Historical airline service Hot Springs' first commercial airline service began in the late 1940s with Chicago and Southern Air Lines (C&S). In 1950 C&S was operating daily round trip Douglas DC-3 service on a routing of Detroit - Toledo, OH - Fort Wayne, IN - Indianapolis - Evansville, IN - Paducah, KY - Memphis - Hot Springs - Shreveport - Houston (Hobby Airport). C&S merged with Delta Air Lines in 1953 and Delta continued serving Hot Springs using Convair 440 propliners with nonstop flights to Little Rock and Shreveport and direct, no change of plane service to Chicago (Midway Airport), Houston (Hobby Airport), New Orleans, St. Louis and other destinations. Shortly before discontinuing service in mid-1969, Delta had upgraded their flights with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets. The April 27, 1969 Delta system timetable listed two daily DC-9-30 jet flights being operated by the airline into the airport at this time with a northbound service operating a routing of Houston Hobby Airport - Shreveport - Hot Springs - Little Rock - Memphis - Indianapolis - Detroit and a southbound service operating a routing of Chicago O'Hare Airport - St. Louis - Memphis - Little Rock - Hot Springs - Shreveport - Houston Hobby Airport. Trans-Texas Airways, (TTa), began service in 1953 using Douglas DC-3 aircraft with