# George Ford Airport (MS48)

**George Ford Airport** (FAA: MS48) is a small airport in Picayune, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Jul 2000. It has one runway, 2,735 ft (834 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms48

## At a glance

- FAA: MS48
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Picayune, Mississippi, United States
- Opened: Jul 2000
- Elevation: 62 ft / 19 m
- Coordinates: 30.6219, -89.6965
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,735 ft / 834 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35259715
- Weather station: KMJD
- Ident: MS48

## Timeline

- Jul 2000: George Ford Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,735 ft / 834 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Grass | 180° / 360° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,735 ft / 834 m | =18,240 of 29,858 | =7,790 in North America | =6,613 in US |
| Elevation | 62 ft / 19 m | =38,593 of 43,403 | =17,519 in North America | =14,526 in US |
| Age | Opened 2000 | =11,262 of 15,079 | =8,856 in North America | =8,734 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [13MS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/13ms.md) Greener Pastures Airpark · 2.1 mi / 3.4 km
- [MS61](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms61.md) Simpson Field · 2.2 mi / 3.5 km
- [MS93](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms93.md) Hooper Skylark Field · 7.5 mi / 12 km
- [KMJD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmjd.md) Picayune Municipal Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [2LA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0569.md) Fokker Field · 11 mi / 17 km
- [MS88](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms88.md) Oreck Airport · 11 mi / 18 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/ms48/data