Thornton Field
79MS · Seminary, Mississippi · Covington County · map
Thornton Field is a private airport, 2 miles north of Seminary, Mississippi, 384 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 79MS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 384 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2026
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,000 × 70 ft | Grass |
- Runway 01: fence 6 ft high 30 ft from the end
- Runway 19: power line 55 ft high 150 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Aircraft registered in Seminary from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Seminary, MS as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
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.