Picayune Municipal
MJD · KMJD · Picayune, Mississippi · Pearl River County · map
Picayune Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Picayune, 2 miles southeast of Picayune, Mississippi, 55 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 15 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,891 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KMJD · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMJD 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2987 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MJD · ICAO KMJD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Picayune
- Elevation
- 55 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 1,715 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 29 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.6 | |
| Mjd and aWOS-3PT | 119.075 | |
| Mobile and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 601-798-4136.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,891, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Picayune from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Picayune, Mississippi: 24 helicopters, 14 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 gliders, 2 business jets. 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Provided VFR operations and existing Picayune airport is closed when new airport is opnl.
- Birds and geese in the vicinity of airport.
- PAPI runway 18 and 36 operates continuously; activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Jim luke, city mayor.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Cameras at terminal and fuel pumps.
- CK NOTAMs for occasional rstrd asp use by stennis space cntr.
- Courtesy vehicle available.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.