• Source: John Bell Williams Airport

      • 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.
      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 February 14, 2023, the airport had 49,749 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 96 aircraft based at this airport: 57 single-engine, 36 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 2 helicopters.


      See also


      Mississippi World War II Army Airfields
      List of airports in Mississippi


      References




      External links


      John Bell Williams Airport at Hinds Community College
      Aerial image as of February 1996 from USGS The National Map
      FAA Terminal Procedures for JVW, effective November 28, 2024
      Resources for this airport:
      FAA airport information for JVW
      AirNav airport information for KJVW
      FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
      NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
      SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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