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Previously, the city of Jackson, like other Mississippi cities, had control of the airport through the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, controlled by a board with five people. Governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant signed Senate Bill 2162 into law in 2016 to give control to a new board of nine people with two appointed by the city government.
This is a list of airports in Mississippi (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Aviation in Jackson began in 1928 with the purchase of 151 acres of pasture land in the City of Jackson known then as Davis Stock Farm for $53,500. Davis Field, Jackson's first airport, was dedicated November 9, 1928. Delta Air Lines made its first flight that year beginning in Dallas landing in Jackson and other cities en route to Atlanta. [5]
The Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport is the busiest airport in Mississippi, carrying six out of every 10 passengers boarding at the state's seven commercial airports.
[19] [20] With the introduction of flights to Canada and Mexico, the official name of the airport was changed to Birmingham International Airport on October 20, 1993. [21] Also in 1993, the airport marked the completion of a $50.4m terminal renovation. [22] In the early 1990s Runway 18/36 was extended to 7,100 feet, allowing use by airline jets.
In eight years, the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority has spent just over $866,000 in legal fees fighting a 2016 lawsuit that aims to block the implementation of a bill that would abolish the ...
The flights to and from Memphis would also make stops at Columbus, Georgia, Jackson, Mississippi, Tupelo, Mississippi, or Laurel/Hattiesburg. American Eagle served Meridian on behalf of American Airlines via a code sharing agreement with flights to American's hub in Nashville from 1986 until 1992. The carrier flew Fairchild Swearingen ...
The airport is located in unincorporated Jones County, Mississippi. [3] The airport has a Moselle post office address, [7] but it is not located in the Moselle census-designated place. [8] Hattiesburg–Laurel Regional Airport covers an area of 1,170 acres (473 ha) at an elevation of 298 feet (91 m) above mean sea level.