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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOLV · observed 2:50 pm CDT (19:50 UTC), 89 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOLV 061950Z 06004KT 10SM CLR 29/10 A2997
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.