# Glidwell Flying Service Airport (MS09)

**Glidwell Flying Service Airport** (FAA: MS09) is a small airport in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Oct 1965. It has one runway, 3,200 ft (975 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms09

## At a glance

- FAA: MS09
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States
- Opened: Oct 1965
- Elevation: 160 ft / 49 m
- Coordinates: 34.0964, -90.7041
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 ft / 975 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35260197
- Weather station: KCKM
- Ident: MS09

## Timeline

- Oct 1965: Glidwell Flying Service Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| N/S | 3,200 ft / 975 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,200 ft / 975 m | =14,838 of 29,858 | =5,849 in North America | =4,906 in US |
| Elevation | 160 ft / 49 m | =35,011 of 43,403 | =15,936 in North America | =13,386 in US |
| Age | Opened 1965 | =5,474 of 15,079 | =3,849 in North America | =3,767 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [02MS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/02ms.md) Watts Field · 8.1 mi / 13 km
- [93MS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/93ms.md) Shelby Air Service Airport · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [02CD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/02cd.md) Shannon Field · 11 mi / 17 km
- [US-8918](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8918.md) Riverside Air Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [MS03](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms03.md) Christmas Flying Service Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [24AR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/24ar.md) Griffin Agricultural Airport · 16 mi / 26 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/ms09/data