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In the 1970s, the airport name was changed to McKellar–Sipes Regional Airport to honor Major Robert Ray "Buster" Sipes, a United States Air Force test pilot from Jackson, who was killed in 1969 when his RF-101 Voodoo jet fighter crashed after takeoff from RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England. A plaque is located in the Church of St. Peter ...
Beginning Dec. 1, passengers from Jackson's McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL) will have non-stop direct flights to Atlanta thanks to its newest Essential Air Service provider, Denver Air ...
The airport is attended from 0830 to 1700 local time and has 100LL aviation fuel and Jet-A available, plus 93 mogas (for approved aircraft). It is included under the McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport FSS. It has medium intensity runway lighting and PAPI on both runways. NOTAMs are filed with McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport. [2] [3]
In September 1937, two small runways, a terminal building, and aircraft hangar had been built and the airport saw its first airliner, an American Airlines DC-2. On November 5, 1937, McKellar Field, now known as Tri-Cities Airport TN/VA, was dedicated by Senator Kenneth McKellar. [5] American Airlines pulled out in 1952.
The McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport was severely damaged in January 1999, a storm that resulted in eleven fatalities. The 1999 tornado also damaged the 30-acre (120,000 m 2) Riverside Cemetery, where 40 known Confederate soldiers, 140 unknowns, and many families of the founders of Jackson are buried. The cemetery's acres of old trees and many ...
President Donald Trump on Thursday took executive action to address FAA hires and aviation safety after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger jet in D.C.
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The Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport Authority was formed in 1967 to establish an airport that would serve both Forrest and Jones counties and the cities of Hattiesburg and Laurel. The first ...