William L Whitehurst Field
M08 · Bolivar, Tennessee · Hardeman County · map
William L Whitehurst Field is a public-use airport owned by Hardeman County, 4 miles southwest of Bolivar, Tennessee, 499 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,007 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M08
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Hardeman County
- Elevation
- 499 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; 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
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,007 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 62 ft high 1,295 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 76 ft high 1,537 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| M08 and aWOS-3 | 121.125 | |
| Mckellar and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 731-658-6436.
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 Bolivar from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Bolivar, Tennessee: 7 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 balloon. 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 Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
- VFR only.
- Fuel service available H24 with credit card.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- 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.