Eagles Ridge Airport
MS9 · Hernando, Mississippi · De Soto County · map
Eagles Ridge Airport is a public-use airport owned by Homer Skelton Enterprise INC, 5 miles southeast of Hernando, Mississippi, 262 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,300 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100 octane avgas).
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What is the airport code for Eagles Ridge Airport?
Its FAA code is MS9.
Where is Eagles Ridge Airport?
It is 5 miles southeast of Hernando, Mississippi, 262 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Eagles Ridge Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,300 feet long, concrete.
Does Eagles Ridge Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Eagles Ridge Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100 octane avgas.
Are there flight schools at Eagles Ridge Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Air Venture Flight Center. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Eagles Ridge Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Eagles Ridge Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MS9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Homer Skelton Enterprise INC
- Elevation
- 262 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1988
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,300 × 40 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 922 ft, trees 49 ft high 550 ft from the end
- Runway 28: trees 25 ft high 700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Olive Branch/Taylor Field (13 nm northeast), Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport (15 nm north), Holly Springs-Marshall County (19 nm east), Tunica Municipal (22 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
- Tower 0.7 NM north 311 feet above ground level. Dthr 922 feet, 2738 feet rmng.
- Markings badly faded.
- Markings badly faded.
- Slp 30:1 to dthr.
- Migratory waterfowl area 0.2 NM southeast of airport.
- Recommended all aircraft land runway 28, takeoff runway 10.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hernando from the FAA register
93 aircraft are registered to owners in Hernando, Mississippi: 76 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 6 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 1 drone. 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:
- Air Venture Flight Center 1 aircraft · Olive Branch, 14 miles away Air Venture Flight Center is an FAA Part 141-approved flight school and aircraft rental company based in Olive Branch, Mississippi, serving the Memphis area.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 10 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center evaluators, 43 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Brian James Flax private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Germantown, TN (10 nm) · (901) 412-7006 · [email protected]
- David Childress private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AIR VENTURE · Olive Branch, MS (13 nm) · (901) 262-3199 · [email protected]
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Olive Branch Airport · Olive Branch, MS (13 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- Morris William Ray private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · General DeWitt Spain Airport, M01, Downtown Aviation · Memphis, TN (15 nm) · (901) 270-5528 · [email protected]
- Karen Gardner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Collierville, TN (21 nm) · (901) 218-6246 · [email protected]
- Peter Reddan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millington - Memphis Airport KNQA · Millington, TN (34 nm) · (229) 834-1439 · [email protected]
All 73 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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 Hernando 93 aircraft · 76 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 6 turboprops
- Riverbend Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Cf Holdings LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Air Venture Flight Center 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 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 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MS9.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 26, 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.