# John H Hooks Jr Memorial Airport (M79)

**John H Hooks Jr Memorial Airport** (FAA: M79) is a small airport in Rayville, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Sep 1950. It has one runway, 3,998 ft (1,219 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/km79

## At a glance

- FAA: M79
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rayville, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Sep 1950
- Elevation: 83 ft / 25 m
- Coordinates: 32.4856, -91.7724
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,998 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35268927
- Weather station: KMLU
- Ident: KM79

## Timeline

- Sep 1950: John H Hooks Jr Memorial Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,998 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 182° / 002° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,998 ft / 1,219 m | =9,976 of 29,858 | =4,143 in North America | =3,477 in US |
| Elevation | 83 ft / 25 m | =37,617 of 43,403 | =17,052 in North America | =14,207 in US |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =2,491 in North America | =2,432 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MONROE APP/DEP | 126.900 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

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- [US-7910](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-7910.md) Collinston Air Services Airport · 8.9 mi / 14 km
- [01LA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/01la.md) Barham Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [0LS9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0ls9.md) Huenefeld Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [40LA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/40la.md) Woodsland Plantation Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [MLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmlu.md) Monroe Regional Airport · 16 mi / 25 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/km79/data