Glidwell Flying Service Airport
MS09 · Alligator, Mississippi · Bolivar County · map
Glidwell Flying Service Airport is a private airport owned by Planters Air Service, 1 mile northeast of Alligator, Mississippi, 160 feet above sea level. Its one runway, N/S, is 3,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MS09
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Planters Air Service
- Elevation
- 160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 3,200 × 150 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Alligator from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Alligator, Mississippi: 1 piston single. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only.
- Grain elevators north end.
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.