Yazoo County Airport

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Yazoo County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Yazoo
Serves Yazoo City, Mississippi
Location Yazoo County, Mississippi
BuiltNovember 1989
Elevation  AMSL 105 ft / 32 m
Coordinates 32°53′01″N090°27′50″W / 32.88361°N 90.46389°W / 32.88361; -90.46389
Map
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87I
Location in Mississippi
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87I
87I (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/355,0011,524Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/24/2022)8,625
Based aircraft11

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]

Contents

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 24, 2022 the airport had 8,625 aircraft operations, average 24 per day: 98% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 8 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 2 helicopter. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 87I PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
  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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