Christmas Flying Service Airport
MS03 · Shelby, Mississippi · Bolivar County · map
Christmas Flying Service Airport is a private airport, 2 miles southwest of Shelby, Mississippi, 153 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,900 feet of concrete and grass. It has fuel (Jet A).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MS03
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 153 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,900 × 75 ft | Concrete and grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cleveland Municipal (10 nm south), Fletcher Field (26 nm northeast), Indianola Municipal (27 nm south), Greenville Mid-Delta Airport (28 nm south).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Cleveland Municipal (10 nm south), Fletcher Field (26 nm northeast), Greenville Mid-Delta Airport (28 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
- Runway 18/36 1950 feet an X 22 feet concrete superimposed on runway 18 end, remainder grass.
- 2 buildings near runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Shelby from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Shelby, Mississippi: 6 turboprops, 4 piston singles. 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:
- Delta State University 29 aircraft · Cleveland, 11 miles away
- Shaw Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Cleveland, 11 miles away
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.
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 Shelby 10 aircraft · 6 turboprops, 4 piston singles
- Riverside Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Goff Bayou LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Christmas Flying Service LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Delta State University 29 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Shaw Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/MS03.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.