Hawkins Field
HKS · KHKS · Jackson, Mississippi · Hinds County · map
Hawkins Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Jackson, 3 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi, 341 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,387 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KHKS · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,900 feet
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 66°F (19°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 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHKS 061953Z 05006KT 10SM FEW049 31/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP124 T03060189
TAF KHKS 061720Z 0618/0718 08003KT P6SM SCT050
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 HKS · ICAO KHKS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Jackson
- Elevation
- 341 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,387 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,431 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS)
- Runway 34: trees 44 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 11: power line 28 ft high 1,440 ft from the end
- Runway 29: trees 56 ft high 1,693 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.65 | Hawkins |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground · Clearance delivery | 121.9 | Hawkins |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 333 to 152 | 123.9 | Hawkins |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 153 to 332 | 125.25 | Hawkins |
| Hks and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.625 | |
| Jackson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 | Hawkins |
| Arng and operations | 139.05 | Hawkins |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 601-354-4037.
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 Jackson from the FAA register
73 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Mississippi: 54 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 6 turboprops, 5 business jets, 1 helicopter. 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, 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
- Activate mals runway 16; runway end identifier lights runway 34; high-intensity runway lights 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 ATCT-CTL. when the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 unavailable.
- Pilots must provide tiedown ropes.
- Arng operations 1300-2230Z++.
- Taxiways F and G closed indefinitely.
- South apn not lighted.
- Paew runways ngtly by NOTAM.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.