Hawkins Field
IATA: HKS – ICAO: KHKS – FAA LID: HKS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Jackson
Operator		Jackson Metropolitan Airport Authority
Serves		Jackson, Mississippi
Location		Jackson, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL		341 ft / 104 m
Coordinates		32°20′05″N 090°13′21″W / 32.33472°N 90.2225°W / 32.33472; -90.2225
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
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

C-17 and emblem fo the 172d Airlift Wing

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.

History

Hawkins Field traces its origins to February 1928, when the City of Jackson first acquired 151 acres (0.61 km) 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 1929.

In June 1941 Hawkins Field was designated as Jackson Army Airbase. It activated on 1 June 1942 and was used by the United States Army Air Force Flying Training Command, as a basic flying training airfield (Army Air Forces Pilot School, Miscellaneous Fields) (Basic; Advanced Single and Twin-Engine). The airfield also operated a contract Primary (level 1) flying school, by the Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics.

In addition, 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.

The base was transferred to Third Air Force on 1 July 1944 with units being reassigned from Laurel Army Airfield to Jackson. Third Air Force operated the airfield as an Air Force Reserve training center (2588th Air Force Reserve Training Unit). It was not until 1949 that Hawkins was once again classified as a civilian airfield.

The Mississippi Air National Guard began using Hawkins Field in 1953. It has been a base for the 183d Squadron (under several designations) ever since, flying first reconnaissance (RB-26), and several generations of transport aircraft (C-124, C-130, C-141) and now the C-17 Globemaster III under the 172d Airlift Wing.

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).

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.

Location & QuickFacts

Owner & Manager

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Communications

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Runway 16/34

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• RY 16/34 LIGHTS ON CONT STEP 3 - PCL OTS INDEFLY.

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General Info
Country	United States
State	MISSISSIPPI
FAA ID	HKS
Latitude	32-20-05.181N
Longitude	090-13-21.114W
Elevation	342 feet
Near City	JACKSON

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