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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Louisville/Winston County (27 nm northwest), Philadelphia Municipal (29 nm west), Golden Triangle Regional (31 nm north), George M Bryan Airport (33 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Macon Municipal (12 nm north), George Downer Airport (22 nm northeast), Louisville/Winston County (27 nm northwest), Philadelphia 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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Shuqualak 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- 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 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1MS8.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.