Oktibbeha Airport
M51 · Starkville, Mississippi · Oktibbeha County · map
Oktibbeha Airport is a public-use airport, 7 miles northeast of Starkville, Mississippi, 250 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 2,600 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M51
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 250 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, around the clock
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,600 × 150 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 01/19 | 2,237 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 14: trees 77 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 56 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 01: trees 17 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 19: trees 59 ft high 1,350 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM out of service indefinitely. |
| Approach and departure | 135.6 | |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
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Aircraft registered in Starkville from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Starkville, Mississippi: 52 piston singles, 9 drones, 3 gliders, 2 piston twins, 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 · 2 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
- Prior to FAA act.
- UNICOM out of service indefinitely.
- Marked by mowing and white jugs 75 feet apart.
- Marked by mowing and white jugs 75 feet apart.
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.