Transportation in the South Shore Area

Rail shipping can be arranged on the Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad with depots in Cotter and Batesville, Arkansas. For more information, call the M&NA at 800-228-3580.

Air

Ozark Regional Airport in Midway, 870-481-5418, has a 5,000 foot runway. Charter service is available from Mountain Home Flight Service, 870-481-5995, or Pro Aviation, 870-481-6222. Pro Aviation also provides flight instruction and pilot services. Ground transportation is provided by Sundown Limousines. Weather at the airport from NOAA.

Boone County Airport, 870-741-5211, has a lighted runway 6,161 feet long by 150 feet wide. Charter service is offered by Crown Aviation, 2424 Airport Rd., Harrison, AR 72601, 870-741-4510. Single and multi-engine airplanes are available.

Marion County Regional Airport in Flippin, 870-453-2241,  serves business aviators and recreational pilots. The airport currently has a 4,100-foot paved, lighted runway, and has a runway extension to 5,000 feet under construction. Services available are fuel sales (Jet-A, 100-LL) and hangar space. The airport is open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily. It has an instrument landing system. Corporate aircraft using the airport include Ranger Boats and Mar-Bax Shirt Company.

There are also landing strips at Gaston's Resort in Lakeview and at the Valley Fly-In subdivision in Cotter, both on the White River. 

Area residents also use the Springfield, Missouri, and Little Rock, Arkansas, airports.

Freight Carriers

A few of the freight carriers that serve the area are:

• United Parcel Service (1-800-PICK-UPS)
• Federal Express (1-800-GO-FEDEX)
• American Freightways of Harrison (1-800-874-4723)
• USA Truck (1-800-USA-TRUCK)
• US Xpress (423-510-3000) and others.

Waterways

Nearest shallow draft port facilities: Port of Little Rock
Distance to port - About 150 miles - 501-490-1468

Nearest deep water facilities: Port of New Orleans
Distance to port - About 600 miles - 504-522-2551

Local Bus

Regularly scheduled bus service is available in select areas of the South Shore region. 

Parts of Marion and Baxter Counties are served by North Arkansas Transportation Service. For current schedule information, call 870-425-6989. 

The Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP) offers free bus service to Harrison for shopping, recreation and errands for those who no longer drive. The bus leaves from Omaha at 8:30 a.m. on Monday; Diamond City and Lead Hill are served on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.; and on Thursday morning the bus leaves Zinc at 8:30 a.m.