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Fort Chaffee / Ebbing AFRC / Fort Smith ANGB — Military Compatible Use Zones (AR)

Tracked preemption from the Arkansas overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1987-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
federal_via_state
Scope
state:AR
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Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.county_fips ∈ {05131, 05033}
  • parcel.in_military_aicuz_or_jlus_overlay == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].max_height_ftcap_atebbing_afrc_apz_and_part_77_imaginary_surfacesAir Force Reserve Command's Ebbing AFRC operates as the F-35 / FMS pilot training center (announced 2023) with strict APZ-I/APZ-II compatible-use standards
base_districts[*].compatible_use_review_requiredrequireTrueJoint Land Use Study area review applies — noise, accident potential, vertical obstruction, frequency interference, and light/glare

Citation

Authority source
DoD Instruction 4165.57 (AICUZ); FAA 14 CFR Part 77; Ark. Code §14-359-101 et seq. (airport zoning); Sebastian County JLUS 2017
§ DoDI 4165.57; 14 CFR Part 77
https://www.187fw.ang.af.mil/About-Us/AICUZ/

Research notes

Fort Smith ANGB (188th Wing — formerly A-10, now MQ-9 ISR) is co-located with Fort Smith Regional Airport (FSM) under a joint-use agreement. Ebbing AFRC was selected in 2023 as the U.S. F-16 Foreign Military Sales pilot training center (and later Singapore F-35 training), substantially expanding the AICUZ noise contours and the Sebastian County JLUS coordination. Fort Chaffee (Sebastian/Franklin counties) was BRAC-closed in 1995 but retains military training-use easements; the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority manages the broader compatible-use overlay covering the cantonment area. Pine Bluff Arsenal (Jefferson County) is the only other active Arkansas DoD installation but operates under chemical-stockpile demilitarization closure rather than active flight operations.