479 Area Code — Arkansas

479 is a North American Numbering Plan area code for Arkansas, the United States. It covers about 949,329 people in 108 towns and 136 ZIP codes, including Fayetteville, Springdale and Fort Smith.

Where area code 479 is used

Area code 479 is assigned to Arkansas, the United States, inside the North American Numbering Plan. Numbers in the code are written (479) NXX-XXXX at home and +1 479 NXX-XXXX when dialled from outside Canada and the United States. Since the NANP moved to 10-digit dialling you must always include the area code, even for a local call.

Towns and cities in area code 479

The 108 towns below are the largest in the 479 footprint, ranked by population. Every one of them links to its own page with the full list of area codes and ZIP codes for that town.

Counties covered

Nearby area codes

How to dial area code 479

• Within North America: 479 + 7-digit number (479-NXX-XXXX). The leading 1 is optional on a mobile phone and required on most landlines for long-distance.
• From abroad: your country's international prefix, then 1, then 479, then the 7-digit number — for example 00 1 479 NXX-XXXX from most of Europe.