Hardy-Anders Fld/Natchez-Adams County
HEZ · KHEZ · Natchez, Mississippi · Adams County · map
Hardy-Anders Fld/Natchez-Adams County is a public-use airport owned by Adams County, 6 miles northeast of Natchez, Mississippi, 272 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHEZ · observed 3:56 pm CDT (20:56 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 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 north-northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHEZ 062056Z AUTO 06007KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03000172 56021 $
TAF KHEZ 061720Z 0618/0718 03006KT 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 HEZ · ICAO KHEZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Adams County
- Elevation
- 272 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 6,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 78 ft high 2,400 ft from the end
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 36: trees 63 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Natchez and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.975 | |
| Natchez and rco | 122.6 | Natchez |
| Hez and aWOS-3PT | 124.675 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 601-446-8022.
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 Natchez from the FAA register
49 aircraft are registered to owners in Natchez, Mississippi: 30 piston singles, 5 drones, 5 balloons, 4 business jets, 3 helicopters. 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- Gnd pwr unit available on field.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 14; PAPI runway 14 and 32; VASI runway 18; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 18/36 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Widespread cracking and uneven pavement.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Taxiway a and C1 not available for air carrier use.
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.