Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal
HBG · KHBG · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Forrest County · map
Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hattiesburg, 4 miles southeast of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 151 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 6,094 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHBG · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,500 feet
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm CDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the east at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHBG 062153Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM SCT055 31/19 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03060189 $
TAF KHBG 061720Z 0618/0718 05008KT P6SM SCT020 FM061900 08008KT P6SM SCT040
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 HBG · ICAO KHBG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hattiesburg
- Elevation
- 151 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,094 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 996 ft, trees 35 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 59 ft high 3,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hattiesburg and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.8 | |
| Hbg and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.425 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 601-544-2185.
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 Hattiesburg from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Hattiesburg, Mississippi: 46 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 6 piston twins, 4 turboprops, 4 business jets. 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 · 7 since 1982, 3 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
- RUN-ON landing by skid helicopter are not allowed.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 13; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 13 and 31 operates continuously.
- Courtesy car, taxis, public bus (weekdays) and rental cars available.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr; from +61 feet trees; 2396 feet from dthr.
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.