Hawkins Field (airport)

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Hawkins Field
IATA: HKS – ICAO: KHKS – FAA: HKS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Jackson
Operator		Jackson Metropolitan Airport Authority
Serves		Jackson, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL		341 ft / 104 m
Coordinates		32°20′05″N 090°13′21″W / 32.33472, -90.2225
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
16/34	5,387	1,642	Asphalt
11/29	3,431	1,046	Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			62,516
Based aircraft			116
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Hawkins Field (IATA: HKS, ICAO: KHKS, FAA LID: HKS) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Jackson, a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States.^[1]

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Hawkins Field traces its origins to February of 1928, when the City of Jackson first acquired 151 acres of land to designate as an airfield. The city bought the original parcel for $53,500, and the airport was originally called "Davis Field."

Hawkins Field was the terminus for Delta Air Lines' very first commercial flight in 1941.

In 1941, the United States Army Air Corps took over Hawkins Field as an air base. The Dutch government-in-exile, following the occupation of the Netherlands, established the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School at Hawkins Field, operating lend-lease aircraft, and training Dutch exiles as aircrews for service with Allied air forces in Europe and the Pacific.

It was not until 1949 that Hawkins was once again classified as a civilian airfield.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Hawkins Field covers an area of 602 acres (244 ha) which contains two runways: 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,387 x 150 ft. (1,642 x 46 m) and 11/29 with a concrete surface measuring 3,431 x 150 ft. (1,046 x 46 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 29, 2007, the airport had 62,516 aircraft operations, an average of 171 per day: 88% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 6% military. At that time there were 116 aircraft based at this airport: 40% single-engine (46), 32% multi-engine, 3% jet, 9% helicopter, 16% military.^[1]