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.
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
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.