Humboldt Municipal
M53 · Humboldt, Tennessee · Gibson County · map
Humboldt Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Humboldt, 3 miles southeast of Humboldt, Tennessee, 421 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 4,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M53
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Humboldt
- Elevation
- 421 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 72 ft high 1,405 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 29 ft high 742 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mckellar and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.65 |
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Aircraft registered in Humboldt from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Humboldt, Tennessee: 19 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 business jet. 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 · 5 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
- 15-30 feet trees west of runway violate transition slope.
- Agricultural aircraft operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pilot entrance code 1228.
- 24/7 credit card fuel 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.