Olive Branch/Taylor Field
OLV · KOLV · Olive Branch, Mississippi · De Soto County · map
Olive Branch/Taylor Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Olive Branch, 3 miles northeast of Olive Branch, Mississippi, 402 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 112 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 98,976 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Olive Branch/Taylor Field?
Its FAA code is OLV, and its ICAO code is KOLV.
Where is Olive Branch/Taylor Field?
It is 3 miles northeast of Olive Branch, Mississippi, 402 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Olive Branch/Taylor Field?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Olive Branch/Taylor Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Olive Branch/Taylor Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Olive Branch/Taylor Field?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Destin. Every route
Are there flight schools at Olive Branch/Taylor Field?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Air Venture Flight Center and Memphis Soaring Society. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Olive Branch/Taylor Field?
6 pilot examiners and 9 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 Olive Branch/Taylor Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OLV · ICAO KOLV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Olive Branch
- Elevation
- 402 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36: localizer with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 37 ft high 1,590 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.275 | Olive Branch · Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18 - the common traffic frequency. |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Olv and aWOS-3 | 119.925 | Olive Branch |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.2 | Olive Branch |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 121.3 | Olive Branch |
| Approach | 125.8 | Olive Branch |
| Approach (secondary) | 120.075 | Olive Branch |
| Departure | 124.15 | Olive Branch |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 662-893-5906.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport (10 nm west), Holly Springs-Marshall County (17 nm southeast), General Dewitt Spain Airport (19 nm northwest).
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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18 - the common traffic frequency.
- Closed thanksgiving, christmas and easter.
- SELF-SVC fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Fixed dist mkrs.
- Read back required of all hold back instructions.
- Taxiway H closed except to sngl and light twin aircraft only.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from OLV in those twelve months, carrying 4 passengers in 8 seats (50% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Branch/Taylor Field → Destin OLV–DSI | 1 | 4 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 89 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 7 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 98,976, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 5,200 |
| general aviation, travelling | 42,456 |
| general aviation, local | 50,680 |
| military | 640 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Olive Branch from the FAA register
69 aircraft are registered to owners in Olive Branch, Mississippi: 53 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets. 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 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.
- Memphis Soaring Society 2 aircraft · Memphis, 12 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Olive Branch:
- Aero Quest LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Olive Branch:
- Memphis Propeller & Accessories LLC Memphis Propeller & Accessories LLC is a repair station specializing in the service, repair, and overhaul of aircraft propellers, starter-generators, and related components.
- Vectair USA, LLC
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, 9 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 · OLIVE BRANCH AVIATION · Olive Branch, MS (0 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 (0 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 (0 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [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 (9 nm) · (901) 218-6246 · [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 (10 nm) · (901) 270-5528 · [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 (23 nm) · (229) 834-1439 · [email protected]
All 72 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 · 22 since 1982, 3 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 Olive Branch 69 aircraft · 53 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 2 turboprops
- Aero Quest LLC 11 aircraft in town
- Aero Quest LLC DBA 4 aircraft in town
- Soar International LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Vector-Usa LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Aero Quest LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Air Venture Flight Center 1 aircraft · flight school
- Memphis Soaring Society 2 aircraft · flying club
- Memphis Propeller & Accessories LLC · repair station
- Vectair USA, LLC · repair station
- Destin (DSI) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 22 since 1982 · 3 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/OLV.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.