Richton-Perry County
M59 · Richton, Mississippi · Perry County · map
Richton-Perry County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Richton, 2 miles south of Richton, Mississippi, 167 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M59
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Richton
- Elevation
- 167 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 85 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 65 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Richton from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Richton, Mississippi: 2 piston singles, 1 drone. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Activate PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots must provide tiedown ropes.
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.