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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Fletcher Field (15 nm northeast), Cleveland Municipal (21 nm south), Thompson-Robbins Airport (29 nm north), Tunica Municipal (39 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fletcher Field (15 nm northeast), Cleveland Municipal (21 nm south), Thompson-Robbins Airport (29 nm north), Dewitt Muni/Whitcomb Field (32 nm west).
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
- VFR only.
- Grain elevators north end.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Alligator 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 845 since 1982 · 90 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 2,601 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MS09.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 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.