Carthage-Leake County
08M · Carthage, Mississippi · Leake County · map
Carthage-Leake County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Carthage, 2 miles north of Carthage, Mississippi, 457 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 08M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Carthage
- Elevation
- 457 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: trees 24 ft high 930 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tree 39 ft high 1,125 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Carthage from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Carthage, Mississippi: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- DUSK-2200. Aft 2200 activate medium-intensity runway lights 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots must provide tiedown ropes.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.