John H Hooks JR Memorial
M79 · Rayville, Louisiana · Richland County · map
John H Hooks JR Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rayville, 1 mile northwest of Rayville, Louisiana, 83 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,998 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M79
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rayville
- Elevation
- 83 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,998 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 83 ft high 2,006 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 291 ft, trees 27 ft high 465 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.9 | |
| Monroe and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.325 |
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Aircraft registered in Rayville from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Rayville, Louisiana: 14 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 3 drones, 2 piston twins. 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 Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 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
- PRE-DATES the act.
- Road 367 feet and railroad track 467 feet from approach end runway 36.
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36, runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36 preset low intst dusk to dawn; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach slp 12:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 18/36 40-80 feet trees west side of runway penetrate transition slope.
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.