Mccharen Field
M83 · West Point, Mississippi · Clay County · map
Mccharen Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of West Point, 2 miles south of West Point, Mississippi, 205 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,850 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 13 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,116 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Mccharen Field?
Its FAA code is M83.
Where is Mccharen Field?
It is 2 miles south of West Point, Mississippi, 205 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mccharen Field?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,850 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mccharen Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Mccharen Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Mccharen Field?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Mississippi State University Soaring Club and Msu Soaring Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mccharen Field?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mccharen Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M83
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of West Point
- Elevation
- 205 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,850 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 390 ft, tree 47 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 36: road 11 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.6 | |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Golden Triangle Regional (9 nm southeast), George M Bryan Airport (13 nm southwest), Columbus-Lowndes County (16 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Courtesy car available.
- DUSK-2200. Aft 2200, activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Fuel service available 24 hour with credit card.
- Railroad 50 feet from runway end.
- 4 feet fence 200 feet from end of runway.
- Approach ratio 24:1 from dthr.
- Trees.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 12 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,116, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 2,884 |
| general aviation, local | 4,944 |
| military | 288 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in West Point from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in West Point, Mississippi: 9 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club 5 aircraft · Mississippi State, 12 miles away
- Msu Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · Mississippi State, 12 miles away
- Mississippi State University 12 aircraft · Starkville, 15 miles away Mississippi State University is a comprehensive, doctoral degree-granting research institution located in Starkville, Mississippi, with additional locations in Meridian, Gulf Coast, and online.
- Circle S Aviation LLC 5 aircraft · Starkville, 15 miles away Mississippi Aviation Academy is a flight school in Starkville, Mississippi that provides flight instruction and aircraft rental.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 training center examiners.
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in West Point 11 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 2 turboprops
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club 5 aircraft · flying club
- Msu Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Mississippi State University 12 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,602 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/M83.json.
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 27, 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.