Trent Lott International
PQL · KPQL · Pascagoula, Mississippi · Jackson County · map
Trent Lott International is a public-use airport owned by Jackson County, 6 miles north of Pascagoula, Mississippi, 17 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 6,501 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPQL · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 12 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,600 feet
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 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 KPQL 061853Z 06012G17KT 10SM FEW026 27/21 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02720206
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 PQL · ICAO KPQL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jackson County
- Elevation
- 17 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · mon-fri 6:00 am to 8:00 pm; sat-sun 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1990
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.575 | Trent Lott |
| UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pql and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.175 | Trent Lott |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.725 | Trent Lott |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | Trent Lott |
| Mobile and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.65 | Trent Lott |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 228-666-7450.
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 Pascagoula from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Pascagoula, Mississippi: 17 drones, 4 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 business jet. 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 · 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
- Provided all operations in VFR conditions.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 17; PAPI runway 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Rex foster, jcaa chairman.
- Military contr fuel available.
- Unl.
- Nmrs low flying fish spotter aircraft operating near shoreline between bay state louis and Pascagoula sunrise to sunset.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) 24 hours.
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.