Tupelo Regional
TUP · KTUP · Tupelo, Mississippi · Lee County · map
Tupelo Regional is a public-use airport owned by Tupelo Airport Authority, 3 miles west of Tupelo, Mississippi, 346 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 7,150 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 58 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 50,739 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14,568 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KTUP · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 57°F (14°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 north-northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am CDT (09:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 4 miles, mist, clear skies MVFR
- From Wed 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTUP 062153Z 07004KT 10SM CLR 30/14 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T03000139 $
TAF KTUP 061720Z 0618/0718 03004KT P6SM SKC FM070900 00000KT 4SM BR SKC FM071200 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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 TUP · ICAO KTUP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tupelo Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 346 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- buoy, hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 7,150 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.775 | Tupelo |
| Ground | 121.825 | Tupelo |
| Tupelo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.5 | Tupelo |
| Tup and automated weather (ASOS) | 133.525 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 662-200-1505.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,739, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Tupelo from the FAA register
67 aircraft are registered to owners in Tupelo, Mississippi: 44 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 6 drones, 3 turboprops, 3 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 · 16 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Caution: helicopter operations all hours 700 feet above ground level east of runway 18/36 - contact the common traffic frequency for adzy.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18; high-intensity runway lights 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 18 and 36 operates continuously.
- T-HNGRS.
- Ext 8.
- Fuel service available 24 hours with credit card.
- Arng: support facility operates 1300-2200Z++ MON-FRI except holidays. Ltd prk available. No transient fuel available. Dsn 293-3438, C662-891-4438.
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.