Puckett
50M · Eagleville, Tennessee · Bedford County · map
Puckett is a public-use gliderport, 4 miles southeast of Eagleville, Tennessee, 780 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,200 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Puckett?
Its FAA code is 50M.
Where is Puckett?
It is 4 miles southeast of Eagleville, Tennessee, 780 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Puckett?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,200 feet long, grass.
Does Puckett have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Puckett?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Eagleville Soaring Club and Hawkins Flight Academy LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Puckett?
15 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 50M
- Kind
- Gliderport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 780 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,200 × 145 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 600 ft, tree 61 ft high 895 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 645 ft, tree 70 ft high 925 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Municipal (11 nm southeast), Ellington Airport (14 nm southwest), Murfreesboro Municipal (16 nm northeast), Smyrna Airport (20 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Municipal (11 nm southeast), Ellington Airport (14 nm southwest), Murfreesboro Municipal (16 nm northeast), Smyrna Airport (20 nm north).
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 Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR only.
- Pwrd aircraft welcome; military operations NA.
- Anchors NA; tie downs only with own hardware.
- Genly 10:00 am to 4:00 pm summer months.
- Members only.
- Members only.
- Dthr marked with 3 feet white cones.
- Dthr marked with 3 feet white cones.
- Glider training - 123.5.
- Paew on ramps weekends.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Eagleville from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Eagleville, Tennessee: 8 piston singles, 4 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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 Tennessee.
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:
- Eagleville Soaring Club 1 aircraft · Eagleville Eagleville Soaring Club is a flying club based at Puckett Gliderport near Eagleville, Tennessee, approximately 30 miles south of Nashville.
- Hawkins Flight Academy LLC 12 aircraft · Shelbyville, 13 miles away Hawkins Flight Academy is a flight school operating from two locations in Shelbyville, Tennessee and Tupelo, Mississippi.
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 11 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 12 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 training center examiners.
- Catherine Elizabeth Cavagnaro private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (16 nm) · (931) 636-8678 · [email protected]
- Charles A Lilly private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (16 nm) · (615) 495-7350 · [email protected]
- Christopher David Hardee private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro Municipal Airport · Murfreesboro, TN (16 nm) · (615) 482-1592 · [email protected]
- James Harry Lightfoot private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle Tennessee state university · Murfreesboro, TN (16 nm) · (817) 721-0091 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (16 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
- Natalie Bingham Hoover private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (16 nm) · (901) 438-3918 · [email protected]
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smyrna/Rutherford Airport · Smyrna, TN (20 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- Joseph Charles Gravalec private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Franklin, TN (20 nm) · (404) 259-6696 · [email protected]
All 41 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 2 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 gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Eagleville 12 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 4 gliders
- Eagleville Soaring INC 4 aircraft in town
- Eagleville Soaring Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Hawkins Flight Academy LLC 12 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,524 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/50M.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.