Panola County
PMU · KPMU · Batesville, Mississippi · Panola County · map
Panola County is a public-use airport owned by Panola County, 4 miles northeast of Batesville, Mississippi, 221 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPMU · observed 3:55 pm CDT (20:55 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KPMU 062055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/13 A2994 RMK AO2
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 PMU · ICAO KPMU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Panola County
- Elevation
- 221 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 589 ft, trees 97 ft high 2,300 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 33 ft high 920 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Pmu and aWOS-3PT | 118.225 | |
| Tupelo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 662-563-6267.
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 Batesville from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Batesville, Mississippi: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 operates dusk to 2200, aft 2200 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 and 19 operates continuously.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Self service with credit card 24 hours; full service available.
- 29:1 glideslope to dthr.
- Ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Crew car available; commercial car rental nearby.
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.
