John Bell Williams Airport
JVW · KJVW · Raymond, Mississippi · Hinds County · map
John Bell Williams Airport is a public-use airport owned by Hinds Community College, 3 miles northeast of Raymond, Mississippi, 247 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,499 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KJVW · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJVW 061935Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 32/18 A2992 RMK A01
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 JVW · ICAO KJVW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Hinds Community College
- Elevation
- 247 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 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
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,499 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 153 to 332 | 125.25 | |
| Jvw and aWOS-3PT | 118.675 | |
| Jackson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 601-857-3887.
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 Raymond from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Raymond, Mississippi: 13 piston singles, 2 piston twins. 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 · 1 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
- Prior to FAA act.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 12 and 30 operates continuously.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Paint facility.
- Courtesy car available.
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.