Airport Park
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This 6-acre park was named for its proximity to the old municipal airport, known as Cantrell Field. The old airport was located about 150 acres south of the park, across Sixth Street.
Over the years as the city grew, the old airport became boxed in by Interstate 40 and residential and industrial growth.
Thus, in 2014, after decades of discussion and planning, Cantrell Field was relocated out west to the Lollie Bottoms area on over 400 acres near the Arkansas River.
The old municipal airport is named for Dennis Cantrell.
Born in Greenbrier in 1908, Cantrell learned to fly in the early 1930’s. He became the Chief Aircraft Mechanic for Starnes Flying Service at the Conway Airport in 1940 for the duration of WWII.
He formed Cantrell’s Aero Service in 1947 and became widely recognized as an incomparable expert in aircraft maintenance. He was recognized as the FAA’s first “FAA Mechanic of the Year” in 1962. Cantrell retired in 1986.
In 1978, the City of Conway named the airport “Dennis F. Cantrell Field” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of aviation in the area. When the airport moved west, the name moved with it as well.
Cantrell passed away in 2002. He was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2019.
Airport Park Field Reservations
The field can be used for the following sports: baseball, fast pitch, slow pitch softball. The time slots will be the following. Monday thru Friday. Please request only (1) time slot.
- 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All reservations must be requested via email to Hunter Hensley.
Airport Park Field Rules
- There is no minimum to hold the field. Even a father and his son/daughter can make a reservation.
- We ask everyone to be respectful to the ending time of their reservation and be exiting the field on time to allow the practice behind theirs to start on time.
- We ask that each coach only request (1) practice during the week to allow as many teams as possible to utilize the field.
- We will not be taking reservations for the field on the weekend. However, we do ask that anyone using the field on the weekend to keep their practice time to no longer than an hour.
- Practice reservations will be taken on a weekly basis starting on Monday morning at 12 a.m. for that week. Any email requests prior to that will not be accepted. Only emails in the a.m. hours on Monday will be accepted. Skylor will reply Monday morning to all requests when time allows, working through the requests chronologically as they were received.
Contact
- 501-450-6186
- 424 E 6th St., Conway, AR 72032
Amenities
- 6 acres
- Swing set including toddler swing
- 2 seesaws
- 1 basketball goal
- 1 grill and 2 tables