Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional
PIB · KPIB · Hattiesburg-Laurel, Mississippi · Jones County · map
Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Regional Airport Auth, 9 miles north of Hattiesburg-Laurel, Mississippi, 298 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,503 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPIB · observed 1:56 pm CDT (18:56 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (090°) at 9 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm CDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPIB 061856Z AUTO 09009G14KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T03000206 $
TAF KPIB 061720Z 0618/0718 06007KT P6SM SCT020 FM061900 07008KT P6SM SCT040
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 PIB · ICAO KPIB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Regional Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 298 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1974
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,503 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Hattiesburg and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.8 | |
| Pib and aWOS-3PT | 128.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 601-584-6701.
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 Hattiesburg-Laurel from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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; runway end identifier lightss runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset to med intst, to incrs intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPIs runway 18 and 36 operates continuously.
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL regional airport authority.
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.