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==Transportation== Wilburton is served by [[US Route 270]] and [[Oklahoma State Highway 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wilburton,+OK+74578/@34.92107,-95.3795742,12.38z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x87b56dff7f333be5:0xc16ec2dbc10fb4a2!8m2!3d34.91871!4d-95.3091383 |title=Wilburton, Oklahoma|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref> Wilburton is in the region served by the [[KI BOIS Area Transit System]] ("KATS"), a low-cost public bus/van service established in 1983 to help communities, primarily in southeast Oklahoma, by providing access to Senior Citizen centers, groceries, medical services, and jobs.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/transit/s5311/kibois.htm |title=Oklahoma Department of Transportation Website-- KI BOIS Area Transit System | access-date=2011-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kibois.org/KATSWilburton.html |title=Wilburton|publisher=KI BOIS Area Transit System|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref> Wilburton Municipal Airport (FAA ID: H05) is 4 miles west of town, and features a 3000β x 60β paved runway.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.airnav.com/airport/H05 |title= Wilburton Municipal Airport|publisher=AirNav.com|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref> Commercial air transportation is available out of [[Fort Smith Regional Airport]], about 70 miles northeast.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.travelmath.com/nearest-airport/Wilburton,+OK |title=Major airports near Wilburton, Oklahoma|publisher=travelmath.com|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref> The town has freight rail service through the [[Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.aokrr.com/7.html |title=Freight Services|publisher=Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Co.|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref> That line in turn interchanges with the [[Kansas City Southern Railway]] at [[Howe, Oklahoma]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kcsouthern.com/pdf/short-line/aok-arkansas-oklahoma-railroad.pdf |title=AOK: Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad|publisher=Kansas City Southern Lines|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref> and with the [[Union Pacific Railway]] at [[McAlester, Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.up.com/customers/shortline/profiles_a-c/aok/index.htm |title=Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad|publisher=Union Pacific|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref>
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