Ocean Springs Airport
5R2 · Ocean Springs, Mississippi · Jackson County · map
Ocean Springs Airport is a public-use airport owned by Aust Properties LLC, 3 miles east of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Ocean Springs Airport?
Its FAA code is 5R2.
Where is Ocean Springs Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 20 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Ocean Springs Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,500 feet long, asphalt.
Does Ocean Springs Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ocean Springs Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ocean Springs Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Ocean Springs Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5R2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Aust Properties LLC
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,500 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: trees 40 ft high 480 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 30 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 130 to 309 | 124.6 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Trent Lott International (12 nm east), Gulfport-Biloxi International (16 nm west), Mobile Regional (32 nm northeast), Stennis International (36 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
- Beacon out of service.
- Activate non standard runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate lighted windsock - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilot must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ocean Springs from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Ocean Springs, Mississippi: 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 business jet. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners.
- Desiree Deann Strong private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Stennis International Airport · Kiln, MS (36 nm) · (228) 343-6936 · [email protected]
All 27 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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 airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 2 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 Ocean Springs 24 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Aust Properties LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 2 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/5R2.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.
