FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 MARCH 2021
Location
FAA Identifier: | M23 |
Lat/Long: | 32-18-43.2250N 089-08-08.3400W 32-18.720417N 089-08.139000W 32.3120069,-89.1356500 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 369 ft. / 112 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 02E (1985) |
From city: | 1 mile SE of NEWTON, MS |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 39345 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 04/1940 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MEMPHIS CENTER |
FSS: | GREENWOOD FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | GWO (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI 0700-1600 FOR ATTENDANT AFT HRS & EMERG ONLY CALL 601-527-6249. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RWY 13/31 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 31 OPRS CONSLY. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX ASOS at MEI (19 nm E): | PHONE 601-693-5650 |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
MEIr252/17.3 | | MERIDIAN VORTAC | | 117.00 | | 05E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL 24 HR FUEL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD. |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR TO SKED, CALL 601-357-0115; ALSO FOR PWR PLANT RPRS. |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 13/31
Dimensions: | 3000 x 75 ft. / 914 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
Latitude: | 32-18.894333N | | 32-18.546500N |
Longitude: | 089-08.346000W | | 089-07.932000W |
Elevation: | 370.0 ft. | | 353.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | pulsating/steady burning VASI on left | | pulsating/steady burning VASI on left (7.00 degrees glide path) |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 68 ft. trees, 900 ft. from runway, 200 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear | | 109 ft. trees, 2600 ft. from runway, 300 ft. left of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | TOWN OF NEWTON PO BOX 300 NEWTON, MS 39345 Phone 601-282-0828 THE HONORABLE MURRY WEEMS, MAYOR OF NEWTON |
Manager: | RON DAVIS P.O. BOX 300 NEWTON, MS 39345 Phone (601) 282-0828 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 11 | Single engine airplanes: | | 11 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 25/day * | 62% | transient general aviation | 36% | local general aviation | 3% | military | * for 12-month period ending 01 June 2020 | |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC MERIDIAN APCH 601-679-3691, WHEN MERIDIAN APCH CLSD CTC MEMPHIS ARTCC AT 901-368-8453. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at M23.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KMEI - Key Field Airport (19 nm E)
KMPE - Philadelphia Municipal Airport (29 nm N)
KNMM - Meridian Naval Air Station (Mc Cain Field) (33 nm NE)
KNJW - Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field (33 nm NE)
KLUL - Hesler-Noble Field Airport (38 nm S)
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 21-Apr-2021
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:56 | | 10:56 |
Sunrise | | 06:22 | | 11:22 |
Sunset | | 19:29 | | 00:29 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:55 | | 00:55 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 22-Apr-2021 03:05:29 |
Local (UTC-5) | 21-Apr-2021 22:05:29 |
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METAR |
KMEI 20nm E | 220258Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/03 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP227 T00780033 53015
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KNMM 32nm NE | 220256Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/03 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP242 T00720033 53013
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TAF |
KMEI 20nm E | 211720Z 2118/2218 35016G24KT P6SM SCT027 FM212300 36007KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
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