Tapley Airport
1MS0 · Shaw, Mississippi · Bolivar County · map
Tapley Airport is a private airport, 3 miles west of Shaw, Mississippi, 129 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,300 feet of grass.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1MS0
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 129 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1986
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,300 × 50 ft | Grass | |
| 04/22 | 1,400 × 50 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Cleveland Municipal (10 nm north), Greenville Mid-Delta Airport (12 nm southwest), MC Gehee Municipal (29 nm west), Lake Village Municipal (31 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Indianola Municipal (9 nm southeast), Cleveland Municipal (10 nm north), Greenville Mid-Delta Airport (12 nm southwest), MC Gehee Municipal (29 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR pvt use only.
- Prior arrangement and briefing required before use.
- And runway 27, also house and antennas on approaches.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Shaw from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Shaw, Mississippi: 3 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Delta State University 29 aircraft · Cleveland, 11 miles away
- Shaw Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Cleveland, 11 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Shaw 4 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 1 turboprops
- Boair INC 2 aircraft in town
- Delta State University 29 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Shaw Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,602 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1MS0.json.
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 27, 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.