Airport Fire (AR)
True color
Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- Ashley County
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across private land in Ashley County, Arkansas, the Airport Fire has maintained an active status after three days on the landscape, expanding at an approximate rate of 83 acres per day to reach a total footprint of 250 acres since its ignition on August 20, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader wildfire landscape reveals that 2,982,133 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 46% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Arkansas for 3 days. So far it has affected roughly 250 acres — about 1.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 2,993,191 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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