Greenwood-Leflore Airport
GWO · KGWO · Greenwood, Mississippi · Carroll County · map
Greenwood-Leflore Airport is a public-use airport owned by Greenwood City & Leflore CO, 6 miles east of Greenwood, Mississippi, 162 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,501 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KGWO · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGWO 061953Z AUTO 10SM CLR 32/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03220133
TAF KGWO 061720Z 0618/0718 08007KT P6SM FEW050
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GWO · ICAO KGWO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Greenwood City & Leflore CO
- Elevation
- 162 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to THUR, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 5,011 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 05: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 53 ft high 963 ft from the end
- Runway 23: pulsating on the right, trees 60 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.35 | Greenwood |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 125.55 | Greenwood |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Greenwood |
| Gwo and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.975 | |
| Greenwood and rco | 122.2 | Greenwood |
| Greenwood and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 | Greenwood |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 662-451-0918.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Greenwood from the FAA register
80 aircraft are registered to owners in Greenwood, Mississippi: 39 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 9 helicopters, 8 balloons, 7 turboprops. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 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
- In emergency or by appt.
- When tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18; PAPI runway 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 05 operates continuously.
- In emergency or by appt.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Closed 2 days each at thanksgiving and christmas, 1 day for new YEAR'S.
- Amgr limits gross weight runway 05/23 to S42, D60 in unusual situations.
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.