New Albany/Union County
M72 · New Albany, Mississippi · Union County · map
New Albany/Union County is a public-use airport owned by New Albany City & Union County, 3 miles north of New Albany, Mississippi, 413 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,903 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M72
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- New Albany City & Union County
- Elevation
- 413 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,903 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 64 ft high 1,952 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 78 ft high 2,436 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Tupelo and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 135.9 |
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 New Albany from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in New Albany, Mississippi: 8 piston singles, 2 drones, 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 Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- On required.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 operates DUSK-2200.
- On required.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
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.