# Rye Field (MS63)

**Rye Field** (FAA: MS63) is a small airport in Smithville, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Aug 1978. It has one runway, 2,600 ft (793 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms63

## At a glance

- FAA: MS63
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Smithville, Mississippi, United States
- Opened: Aug 1978
- Elevation: 330 ft / 101 m
- Coordinates: 34.0543, -88.3712
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 ft / 793 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61674715
- Weather station: KM40
- Ident: MS63

## Timeline

- Aug 1978: Rye Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 ft / 793 m | =19,572 of 29,858 | =8,307 in North America | =7,090 in US |
| Elevation | 330 ft / 101 m | =30,574 of 43,403 | =14,189 in North America | =11,946 in US |
| Age | Opened 1978 | =7,719 of 15,079 | =5,716 in North America | =5,618 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [M40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/km40.md) Monroe County Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [8MS2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ms2.md) Godspeed Airpark · 15 mi / 24 km
- [US-12671](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12671.md) Hanlon Airport · 20 mi / 31 km
- [US-5500](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5500.md) Evans Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [87MS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8966.md) Maloney Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [5A4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k5a4.md) Okolona Municipal Airport Richard Stovall Field · 20 mi / 33 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/ms63/data