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5MS8 Ball Airport
Okolona, Mississippi, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 5MS8
Lat/Long: 33-52-23.0000N 088-43-26.0000W
33-52.383333N 088-43.433333W
33.8730556,-88.7238889
(estimated)
Elevation: 298 ft. / 91 m (estimated)
From city: 9 miles S of OKOLONA, MS
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 39756

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 01/2008
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: GREENWOOD FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3P at M40 (12 nm E): 118.475 (662-369-3498)
WX ASOS at CBM (19 nm SE): 354.6

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CBMr314/19.9CALEDONIA VORTAC115.2000E
OTBr166/21.4TUPELO VOR/DME109.8004E
IGBr332/25.5BIGBEE VORTAC116.2004E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 2500 x 70 ft. / 762 x 21 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: ARNOLD RANSOM BETBEZE
2227 SOUTH HWY 45A
OKOLONA, MS 38860
Phone 662-436-7403
ALSO 662-436-7403
Manager: ARNOLD RANSOM BETBEZE
2227 SOUTH HWY 45A
OKOLONA, MS 38860
Phone 662-369-2291

Additional Remarks

- 50 FT PLINE 1/4 NM S; 333 FT TWR 2 NM N; 320 FT TWR 1.5 NM S AND 335 FT TWR 2.5 NM E OF ARPT.
- OWNER DESIRES CHARTING.
- FOR CD CTC MEMPHIS ARTCC AT 901-368-8453/8449.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5MS8.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

5A4 - Okolona Municipal Airport-Richard Stovall Field (9 nm N)
M40 - Monroe County Airport (12 nm E)
M83 - McCharen Field Airport (18 nm S)
KCBM - Columbus Air Force Base (19 nm SE)
M51 - Oktibbeha Airport (23 nm S)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Jan-2026
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3412:34
Sunrise07:0213:02
Sunset16:5922:59
Evening civil twilight17:2723:27

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jan-2026 20:02:59
Local (UTC-6)  05-Jan-2026 14:02:59
 
METAR
KM40 
12nm E 		051955Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM OVC022 14/11 A3004 RMK AO2
KCBM 
20nm SE 		051955Z 11004KT 10SM SCT024 15/10 A2998 RMK AO2A SLP155 T01490097 $
TAF
KCBM 
20nm SE 		051800Z 0518/0624 18008KT 9999 BKN023 QNH2996INS BECMG 0601/0602 18004KT 9999 SCT020 QNH2990INS BECMG 0610/0611 18004KT 4800 BR BKN009 QNH2991INS BECMG 0612/0613 20006KT 9999 NSW BKN013 QNH2990INS BECMG 0615/0616 20008KT 9999 BKN017 QNH2984INS BECMG 0618/0619 22012KT 9999 BKN022 QNH2984INS BECMG 0619/0620 22012KT 9999 BKN030 QNH2983INS TX13/0520Z TN10/0612Z
KTUP 
24nm N 		051739Z 0518/0618 18007KT P6SM BKN025 FM060000 16005KT P6SM SCT025 BKN100 FM060600 17006KT P6SM BKN015 OVC025 WS020/23035KT FM061200 18007KT P6SM OVC009 FM061700 21007KT P6SM OVC015
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