John Bell Williams Airport

Coordinates: 32°18′16″N 090°24′38″W / 32.30444°N 90.41056°W / 32.30444; -90.41056
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John Bell Williams Airport

(former Hinds County Airport)
AMSL
247 ft / 75 m
Coordinates32°18′16″N 090°24′38″W / 32.30444°N 90.41056°W / 32.30444; -90.41056
Websitewww.HindsCC.edu/...
Map
JVW is located in Mississippi
JVW
JVW
Location of airport in Mississippi
JVW is located in the United States
JVW
JVW
JVW (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,499 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/14/2023)49,749
Based aircraft96

John Bell Williams Airport (ICAO: KJVW, FAA LID: JVW, formerly M16) is a public use airport in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is located in Bolton, Mississippi,[2] three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the center of Raymond, Mississippi,[1] The airport is owned by Hinds Community College.[1][2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned JVW by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

History

During

Jackson Army Air Base
. It was turned over to civil use in April 1944. [5]

Facilities and aircraft

John Bell Williams Airport covers an area of 284 acres (115 ha) at an

mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,499 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending February 14, 2023, the airport had 49,749 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 96 aircraft based at this airport: 57 single-engine, 36 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 2 helicopters.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "John Bell Williams Airport". Hinds Community College. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03.
  3. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (JVW)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "John Bell Williams Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KJVW, FAA: JVW)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  5. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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