Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field, (Gunshy)
1MS8 · Shuqualak, Mississippi · Lowndes County · map
Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field, (Gunshy) is a private airport, 3 miles south of Shuqualak, Mississippi, 254 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 6,302 feet of asphalt and concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1MS8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Elevation
- 254 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,302 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 |
Aircraft registered in Shuqualak from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Shuqualak, Mississippi: 1 piston single. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Restricted: ltd exclvly to Columbus Afb T-6 aircraft.
- 900 feet overrun each end.
- Misc: runway supervisory structure (rss) called gunshy, frequency 363.65/140.2 control the T-6 aircraft.
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.