James H Easom Field
M23 · Newton, Mississippi · Newton County · map
James H Easom Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Newton, 1 mile southeast of Newton, Mississippi, 370 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M23
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Newton
- Elevation
- 370 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: pulsating on the left, trees 68 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 32: pulsating on the left, trees 109 ft high 2,600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Newton from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Newton, Mississippi: 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 32 operates continuously.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- The honorable jay powell, mayor of Newton.
- 24 hour fuel available with credit card.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- 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.