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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Bolton, Mississippi

Website
  
www.HindsCC.edu/...

Phone
  
+1 601-857-3884

Serves
  
Raymond, Mississippi

Elevation AMSL
  
247 ft / 75 m

12/30
  
5,499

Owner
  
Hinds Community College

John Bell Williams Airport

Address
  
3110 Airport Rd, Bolton, MS 39041, USA

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

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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 but has no designation from the IATA.

History

During World War II, Hinds County Airport was used as an auxiliary training airfield supporting the Army pilot training school at Jackson Army Air Base. It was turned over to civil use in April 1944.

Facilities and aircraft

John Bell Williams Airport covers an area of 284 acres (115 ha) at an elevation of 247 feet (75 m) above 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).

For the 12-month period ending May 6, 2011, the airport had 46,000 aircraft operations, an average of 126 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 83 aircraft based at this airport: 68% single-engine and 31% multi-engine.

References

John Bell Williams Airport Wikipedia