Ben L Briggs Heliport
MS87 · Pascagoula, Mississippi · Jackson County · map
Ben L Briggs Heliport is a private heliport owned by the City of Pascagoula, 3 miles west of Pascagoula, Mississippi, 14 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 20 by 20 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MS87
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pascagoula
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1982
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Trent Lott International (6 nm north), Mobile Regional (25 nm northeast), Gulfport-Biloxi International (27 nm west), Mobile International (30 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Trent Lott International (6 nm north), Ocean Springs Airport (10 nm west), St. Elmo Airport (17 nm northeast), Mobile Regional (25 nm northeast).
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 private use only.
- Matt chapman
- Rooftop.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pascagoula from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Pascagoula, Mississippi: 17 drones, 4 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Pascagoula 24 aircraft · 17 drones, 4 piston singles, 2 helicopters
- Jackson County Board of Supervisors 16 aircraft in town
- Jackson County Sheriffs Dept 2 aircraft in town
- 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 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MS87.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 October 28, 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.