John Bell Williams Airport

John Bell Williams Airport

(former Hinds County Airport)
John Bell Williams Airport; (former Hinds County Airport)
	USGS 2006 orthophoto
	IATA: none; ICAO: KJVW; FAA LID: JVW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Hinds Community College
Serves	Raymond, Mississippi
Location	Bolton, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL	247 ft / 75 m
Coordinates	32°18′16″N 090°24′38″W / 32.30444°N 90.41056°WCoordinates: 32°18′16″N 090°24′38″W / 32.30444°N 90.41056°W
Website	www.HindsCC.edu/...
Map
	JVW Location of airport in Mississippi
Runways
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	46,000
Based aircraft	81
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

John Bell Williams Airport (ICAO: KJVW, FAA LID: JVW, formerly M16) is a public use airport in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States.^[1] It is located in Bolton, Mississippi,^[2] three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the center of Raymond, Mississippi,^[1] The airport is owned by Hinds Community College.^[1]^[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned JVW by the FAA^[1] but has no designation from the IATA.^[3]^[4]

History[]

During World War II, Hinds County Airport was used as an auxiliary training airfield supporting the Army pilot training school at Jackson Army Air Base. It was turned over to civil use in April 1944. ^[5]

Facilities and aircraft[]

John Bell Williams Airport covers an area of 284 acres (115 ha) at an elevation of 247 feet (75 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,499 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 6, 2011, the airport had 46,000 aircraft operations, an average of 126 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 83 aircraft based at this airport: 68% single-engine and 31% multi-engine.^[1]