Yazoo County Airport

Yazoo County Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner County of Yazoo
Serves Yazoo City, Mississippi
Location Yazoo County, Mississippi
Built November 1989
Elevation AMSL 105 ft / 32 m
Coordinates 32°53′01″N 090°27′50″W / 32.88361°N 90.46389°W / 32.88361; -90.46389Coordinates: 32°53′01″N 090°27′50″W / 32.88361°N 90.46389°W / 32.88361; -90.46389
Map
87I
Location in Mississippi
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 12,800
Based aircraft 10

Yazoo County Airport (FAA LID: 87I) is five miles northwest of Yazoo City in unincorporated Yazoo County, Mississippi.[1] It is owned by the County of Yazoo.[1][2]

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[3] In 2010 the airport got a $76,931 Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant for apron lighting.[2]

The airport has a 5,000 feet (1,500 m) lighted runway that was built in 1993 and upgraded in 2000. As of 2001 the airport houses two agricultural businesses and a repair service. Lynne W. Jeter of the Mississippi Business Journal said in 2001 that the county airport "may have played an important role in landing the multi-phase federal prison project that is currently under expansion," referring to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex, Yazoo City.

Facilities

Yazoo County Airport covers 300 acres (121 ha) at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m). Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending March 6, 2012 the airport had 12,800 aircraft operations, average 35 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. Ten single-engine aircraft were then based at the airport.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for 87I (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Poplarville, Hattiesburg among airports receiving grants." WDAM. March 12, 2010. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
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