# Ball Airport (5MS8)

**Ball Airport** (FAA: 5MS8) is a small airport in Okolona, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Jan 2008. It has one runway, 2,500 ft (762 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ms8

## At a glance

- FAA: 5MS8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Okolona, Mississippi, United States
- Opened: Jan 2008
- Elevation: 298 ft / 91 m
- Coordinates: 33.8726, -88.7240
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 ft / 762 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35246085
- Weather station: KM40
- Ident: 5MS8

## Timeline

- Jan 2008: Ball Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 ft / 762 m | =20,464 of 29,858 | =9,064 in North America | =7,805 in US |
| Elevation | 298 ft / 91 m | =31,407 of 43,403 | =14,489 in North America | =12,201 in US |
| Age | Opened 2008 | =12,534 of 15,079 | =9,993 in North America | =9,858 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-12671](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12671.md) Hanlon Airport · 4.5 mi / 7.2 km
- [5A4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k5a4.md) Okolona Municipal Airport Richard Stovall Field · 9.9 mi / 16 km
- [2MS9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2ms9.md) Kimmel Land & Cattle Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [M40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/km40.md) Monroe County Airport · 13 mi / 22 km
- [M44](https://dromopedia.com/airports/km44.md) Houston Municipal Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [0MS9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0ms9.md) Shenandoah Valley Farms Airport · 18 mi / 29 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ms8/data