Key Field
MEI · KMEI · Meridian, Mississippi · Lauderdale County · map
Key Field is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Meridian, Mississippi, 298 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 10,003 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives) and about 76 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 87,065 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15,585 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Key Field?
Its FAA code is MEI, and its ICAO code is KMEI.
Where is Key Field?
It is 3 miles southwest of Meridian, Mississippi, 298 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Key Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 10,003 feet long.
Does Key Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Key Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives.
Where can you fly nonstop from Key Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Laredo International, Key Field, Mobile International, Okc Will Rogers International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Key Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Newton Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Key Field?
2 pilot examiners and 1 aviation medical examiner 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 Key Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MEI · ICAO KMEI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 298 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm, otr times by notam
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 10,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,052 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 990 ft, 9,013 ft available for landing
- Runway 19: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 990 ft, 9,013 ft available for landing
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 86 ft high 1,926 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 35 ft high 1,125 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 133.975 | Key |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.475 | Key |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Key |
| Approach and departure | 120.5 | Key |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Key |
| Meridian and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.975 | Key |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 601-207-0082.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Philadelphia Municipal (34 nm northwest), Demopolis Regional (41 nm east), Waynesboro Municipal (42 nm south).
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
- Ang atndd 7:00 am to 4:30 pm MON-FRI except holidays.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- NON-STD resa due to surface varns.
- Dthr concrete.
- Ang ltd parking use; rsc information available for ang operations durg nml duty hours. All tran aircraft 48 hour prior permission required. Obo.
- Ang provides air traffic control services at kmei.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 631 departures from MEI in those twelve months, carrying 18,970 passengers in 31,317 seats (61% filled), to 8 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Field → George Bush Intcntl/Houston MEI–IAH | 622 | 18,970 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Key Field → Laredo International MEI–LRD | 2 | 0 | Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Key Field → Key Field MEI–MEI | 2 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Key Field → Mobile International MEI–BFM | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Key Field → Okc Will Rogers International MEI–OKC | 1 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Key Field → Phoenix Sky Harbor International MEI–PHX | 1 | 0 | USA Jet Airlines Inc. |
| Key Field → Shreveport Regional MEI–SHV | 1 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Key Field → Spirit Of St. Louis MEI–SUS | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 8 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 42 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 6 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 18 |
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 87,065, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 12 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,455 |
| general aviation, travelling | 13,946 |
| general aviation, local | 14,574 |
| military | 54,078 |
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 Meridian from the FAA register
61 aircraft are registered to owners in Meridian, Mississippi: 41 piston singles, 9 balloons, 5 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters. 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, 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:
- Newton Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Collinsville, 12 miles away
Repair stations in Meridian:
- Meridian Airport Authority Dean Aircraft Service is a Part 145 repair station based in Meridian, Mississippi, providing aircraft maintenance and avionics services across the United States since 1983.
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
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
- John Nassour private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · MERIDIAN AVIATION · Meridian, MS (0 nm) · (601) 422-7508 · [email protected]
- Matthew Ryan Torgerson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, balloons · Meridian, MS (0 nm) · (502) 445-7947 · [email protected]
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 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. 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 Meridian 61 aircraft · 41 piston singles, 9 balloons, 5 business jets
- Meridian Airport Authority 4 aircraft in town
- Planepower LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Newton Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Meridian Airport Authority · repair station
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 622 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Laredo International (LRD) 2 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Key Field (MEI) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Mobile International (BFM) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Okc Will Rogers International (OKC) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- Shreveport Regional (SHV) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Spirit Of St. Louis (SUS) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 1 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/MEI.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.