Airports

KMEI KEY FLD

Meridian, MS · FAA identifier MEI · Accident history (NTSB)

Elevation
298 ft
Tower
Towered
Hrs (local): 0600-2200, OTR TIMES BY NOTAM
Use
Public
Position
32°19′58.3″N
088°45′05.7″W
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Conditions

METAR 10 minutes ago
METAR KMEI 150558Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/M01 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP254 T00061011 10067 20000 401501011 51007
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 000° at 0 kt
   Visibility: 10 sm
Temp/Dewpoint: 1°C / -1°C
    Altimeter: 30.28" Hg
          Sky: --- ft - CLR
TAF 16m ago
Prevailing 1506Z-1606Z NOW
KMEI 150552Z 1506/1606 04006KT P6SM FEW250
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 040° at 6 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
      Weather: KMEI 150552Z
          Sky: 25,000 ft - FEW

Runways

01/19 10,003 x 150 - ASPH-CONC-G
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19
04/22 5,052 x 150 - ASPH-E
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22
01190422N ↑

Frequencies

TOWER 133.975
TOWER 257.8
GND 121.9
GND 348.6
CTAF 133.975
UNICOM 122.950
ATIS 126.475
ATIS 291.675
CLEARANCE 121.9
CLEARANCE 348.6
All frequencies (16)
UseFrequencySectorHours
TOWER 133.975 0600-2200, OTR TIMES BY NOTAM
TOWER 257.8 0600-2200, OTR TIMES BY NOTAM
GND 121.9
GND 348.6
CTAF 133.975
UNICOM 122.950
ATIS 126.475
ATIS 291.675
CLEARANCE 121.9
CLEARANCE 348.6
EMERG 121.5
EMERG 243.0
MEMPHIS CENTER 125.975
MEMPHIS CENTER 351.7
MERIDIAN APCH DEP 120.5
MERIDIAN APCH DEP 269.325

Procedures and charts

Charts open from the FAA's digital Terminal Procedures Publication, cycle 2612, effective 11/26/2026 12:00:00 AM to 12/24/2026 12:00:00 AM. Not for navigation; check the cycle before flight.

NOTAMs

Not for operational use

NOTAMs as captured by CircumFlight from the FAA's NOTAM distribution; not FAA data, and not necessarily complete or current. Always get an official briefing before flight.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE READING - BEST EFFORT. Abbreviations are expanded automatically and may be wrong or incomplete. The raw NOTAM above is the official text; fly by it, not by this.

RUNWAYS (1)
RWY 01/19 CL MARKINGS OBSC
EFF 011138Z - 312300Z
EXP IN 46d 16h
Runway 01/19 centerline MARKINGS OBSC
TAXIWAYS (1)
TWY ALL SFC MARKINGS FADED
EFF 011137Z - 312300Z
EXP IN 46d 16h
Taxiway ALL surface MARKINGS FADED
APRON (1)
APRON TERMINAL RAMP E 12FT CLSD BARRICADED
EFF 011140Z - 312300Z
EXP IN 46d 16h
Apron terminal Ramp E 12FT CLOSED BARRICADED
TOWER LIGHTS (10)
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1001818) 322412.90N0883420.70W (10.1NM ENE MEI) 772.6FT (258.9FT AGL) U/S
EFF 020926Z - 311026Z
EXP IN 46d 04h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1001818) 322412.90N0883420.70W (10.1NM ENE MEI) 772.6FT (258.9FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1005295) 323417.80N0885520.90W (16.6NM NNW MEI) 975.1FT (420.9FT AGL) U/S
EFF 090920Z - 071020Z
EXP IN 53d 04h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1005295) 323417.80N0885520.90W (16.6NM NNW MEI) 975.1FT (420.9FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1039594) 322114.00N0885426.00W (8.0NM W MEI) 740.2FT (265.1FT AGL) U/S
EFF 251054Z - 231154Z
EXP IN 8d 05h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1039594) 322114.00N0885426.00W (8.0NM W MEI) 740.2FT (265.1FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1043474) 321934.00N0884116.00W (3.3NM E MEI) 891.1FT (227.0FT AGL) U/S
EFF 051727Z - 291200Z
EXP IN 44d 05h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1043474) 321934.00N0884116.00W (3.3NM E MEI) 891.1FT (227.0FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1050535) 321806.00N0884051.00W (4.0NM ESE MEI) 978.0FT (358.9FT AGL) U/S
EFF 100120Z - 090220Z
EXP IN 23d 20h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1050535) 321806.00N0884051.00W (4.0NM ESE MEI) 978.0FT (358.9FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1212542) 321933.70N0884112.80W (3.3NM E MEI) 1063FT (416FT AGL) U/S
EFF 160349Z - 300349Z
EXP IN 14d 21h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1212542) 321933.70N0884112.80W (3.3NM E MEI) 1063FT (416FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1215148) 323726.00N0882957.60W (21.8NM NE MEI) 619.8FT (302.8FT AGL) U/S
EFF 290758Z - 260758Z
EXP IN 103d 01h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1215148) 323726.00N0882957.60W (21.8NM NE MEI) 619.8FT (302.8FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1224251) 323040.70N0883117.20W (16.0NM NE MEI) 580.1FT (292.0FT AGL) U/S
EFF 101457Z - 251357Z
EXP IN 10d 07h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1224251) 323040.70N0883117.20W (16.0NM NE MEI) 580.1FT (292.0FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1280315) 323349.80N0885311.90W (15.3NM NNW MEI) 1107.9FT (609.9FT AGL) U/S
EFF 080521Z - 230421Z
EXP IN 7d 22h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1280315) 323349.80N0885311.90W (15.3NM NNW MEI) 1107.9FT (609.9FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1329628) 322040.10N0885554.40W (9.2NM W MEI) 697FT (305FT AGL) U/S
EFF 142328Z - 290028Z
EXP IN 13d 18h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1329628) 322040.10N0885554.40W (9.2NM W MEI) 697FT (305FT AGL) unserviceable
NAV & PROCEDURES (1)
NAV VOR U/S
EFF 090126Z - 280100Z
EXP IN 12d 18h
Navigation VOR unserviceable
AIRSPACE (1)
AIRSPACE FLTCK ACFT OPS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 5NM RADIUS OF MEI SFC-3500FT AGL ACFT CS FLC68
INACTIVE
EFF 201400Z - 202200Z
BEGINS IN 5d 07h
Airspace FLTCK aircraft operations within AN AREA DEFINED AS 5NM RADIUS OF MEI SFC-3500FT AGL aircraft CS FLC68

Release queue

Awaiting release

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Recently released

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Release times (the slot at the departure fix) and delay causes from traffic management, derived by CircumFlight, as of 0608Z; not FAA data and not for operational use. Get your release from ATC. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Arrivals and departures

Arrivals

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Departures

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Flights seen in the last five minutes, as of 0608Z. A departure at a gate has its departure clearance and has not yet moved; a place marked (est.) is the nearest stand to the aircraft's last surface position. Derived by CircumFlight from air traffic management feeds; not FAA data and not for operational use. Times are estimates from distance and ground speed. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Statistics

Grants

Awarded FY2010–FY2025
$56.1M
$56,077,689 in 32 grants
AIP share
73%
$40.7M AIP · $2.6M relief · $12.8M infrastructure law
Rank, United States
0.07% of all awards FY2010–FY2025
Rank, MS
7.2% of the state's airport awards
Per tower operation
$48.0M over 1,005,244 ops in 13 award years
$0$5.0M$10.0M$15.0M$20.0M'10FY2010: $3,419,008'11FY2011: $3,285,195'12FY2012: $990,820'13FY2013: $1,989,261'14'15FY2015: $217,973'16'17FY2017: $1,747,545'18FY2018: $956,178'19FY2019: $4,515,033'20FY2020: $2,691,151FY2020: $2,691,151'21FY2021: $10,244,277FY2021: $10,244,277'22FY2022: $3,860,774FY2022: $3,860,774FY2022: $3,860,774'23FY2023: $2,628,710'24FY2024: $11,427,009FY2024: $11,427,009'25FY2025: $8,104,755FY2025: $8,104,755
AIP Pandemic relief, ARRA Infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT)
By fiscal yeartower operations are calendar years
FYGrantsAwardedAIPOther programs Tower ops$ / opUS $ / op Share of US
2010 2 $3,419,008 $3,419,008 — 95,136 $35.94 $51.72 0.10%
2011 2 $3,285,195 $3,285,195 — 81,355 $40.38 $55.49 0.10%
2012 1 $990,820 $990,820 — 61,724 $16.05 $53.60 0.03%
2013 2 $1,989,261 $1,989,261 — 59,628 $33.36 $50.51 0.07%
2015 1 $217,973 $217,973 — 57,001 $3.82 $52.92 0.01%
2017 2 $1,747,545 $1,747,545 — 59,999 $29.13 $55.49 0.05%
2018 1 $956,178 $956,178 — 71,614 $13.35 $60.64 0.03%
2019 1 $4,515,033 $4,515,033 — 86,686 $52.08 $58.29 0.13%
2020 3 $2,691,151 $2,638,520 $52,631 82,977 $32.43 $102.15 0.06%
2021 4 $10,244,277 $7,740,262 $2,504,015 89,879 $113.98 $193.37 0.10%
2022 4 $3,860,774 $3,326,886 $533,888 92,233 $41.86 $136.54 0.05%
2023 1 $2,628,710 $2,628,710 — 89,162 $29.48 $129.46 0.04%
2024 3 $11,427,009 $3,927,009 $7,500,000 77,850 $146.78 $114.61 0.17%
2025 5 $8,104,755 $3,367,391 $4,737,364 — — — 0.09%

Other programs: pandemic relief (CARES, CRRSA, ARPA), the infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT) and ARRA. US $ / op is that fiscal year's awards to towered fields divided by those fields' operations, so it compares like with like; Share of US is this field's awards against every award in the FAA's report for the year. A year without counts has no tower figures.

Weighted comparison (CircumFlight's own estimate)

An airline operation and a light-aircraft operation are not the same use of an airport, so this view weights itinerant operations before dividing: air carrier 32, air taxi and military 4, general aviation 1, roughly in proportion to fuel burned, and so to the fuel and ticket taxes that fund the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. The weights are CircumFlight's, not the FAA's; local (pattern) operations are left out. The US column uses the same weights over every towered field with an award that year.

FYAir carrierAir taxi + mil.General aviationUnits$ / unitUS $ / unit
2010 3 34,731 12,524 151,544 $22.56 $4.92
2011 46 33,648 12,294 148,358 $22.14 $5.15
2012 6 26,236 12,283 117,419 $8.44 $5.09
2013 5 24,921 12,857 112,701 $17.65 $4.56
2015 2 23,897 12,206 107,858 $2.02 $4.33
2017 4 25,435 12,045 113,913 $15.34 $4.47
2018 8 29,458 12,879 130,967 $7.30 $4.76
2019 0 32,489 12,765 142,721 $31.64 $4.50
2020 14 29,635 12,010 130,998 $20.54 $9.32
2021 9 33,157 12,110 145,026 $70.64 $18.37
2022 3 31,797 13,181 140,465 $27.49 $11.81
2023 9 32,273 14,350 143,730 $18.29 $10.65
2024 11 32,499 12,791 143,139 $79.83 $9.06
All 120 390,176 164,295 1,728,839 $27.75 —
By categorywhat the money was for
CategoryGrantsAwardedShare
Runways 8 $15,436,403 28%
Terminals 2 $10,490,000 19%
Taxiways 7 $9,531,433 17%
Aprons 5 $7,930,127 14%
Buildings, roads and utilities 7 $7,718,721 14%
Pandemic relief 3 $2,121,091 3.8%
Safety and security 2 $1,099,119 2.0%
Lighting, signs and navaids 2 $632,523 1.1%
Planning and environmental 4 $533,834 0.95%
Other 1 $354,980 0.63%
Snow removal and equipment 1 $229,458 0.41%

Categories are read from the FAA's project wording by CircumFlight's rules (noise mitigation first, then the pandemic programs, terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, lighting and navaids, safety and security, snow removal and equipment, land, planning, buildings and roads). A grant that lists several projects is counted under its largest line item here and shown under it below; a line item with several projects takes the first one named.

Awardsnewest first · click a heading to sort · Sponsor: Meridian Airport Authority
FY Grant Category Amount Work
2025 3-28-0050-056-2025
2025-02-13
Buildings, roads and utilities $1,747,364 Construct/Expand Hangar
2025 3-28-0050-057-2025
2025-05-13
Terminals $2,990,000 Construct Terminal
2025 3-28-0050-058-2025
2025-07-08
Planning and environmental $215,650 Develop Energy Efficiency Plan
2025 3-28-0050-060-2025
2025-07-08
Planning and environmental $92,369 Update Airport Master Plan
2025 3-28-0050-061-2025
2025-09-18
Aprons $3,059,372 Obstruction Marking/Lighting/Removal, Obstruction Marking/Lighting/Removal, Reconstruct Apron
2024 3-28-0050-053-2024
2024-03-12
Planning and environmental $142,500 Develop Sustainable Master or Management Plan
2024 3-28-0050-054-2024
2024-09-10
Runways $3,784,509 Construct/Extend Safety Area
2024 3-28-0050-055-2024
2024-08-02
Terminals $7,500,000 Construct Terminal
2023 3-28-0050-052-2023
2023-08-09
Aprons $2,628,710 Rehabilitate Apron, Rehabilitate Apron
2022 3-28-0050-048-2022
2021-12-14
Pandemic relief $16,933 Large Concessions
2022 3-28-0050-049-2022
2022-06-15
Runways $1,922,918 Rehabilitate Runway
2022 3-28-0050-050-2022
2022-07-13
Runways $1,403,968 Rehabilitate Runway
2022 3-28-0050-051-2022
2022-09-14
Lighting, signs and navaids $516,955 Reconstruct Runway Lighting
2021 3-28-0050-044-2021
2021-05-12
Runways $6,888,157
$6.5M AIP
Reconstruct Taxiway,Rehabilitate Runway
2021 3-28-0050-045-2021
2021-03-12
Pandemic relief $1,006,743 CRRSA Act Funds
2021 3-28-0050-046-2021
2021-08-10
Pandemic relief $1,097,415 General ARPA
2021 3-28-0050-047-2021
2021-09-21
Taxiways $1,251,962
$1.2M AIP
Reconstruct Taxiway
2020 seq. 40 Other $968,666
$920K AIP
Rehabilitate Emergency Generator; Airport Miscellaneous Improvements; Seal Runway Pavement Surface/Pavement Joints; Rehabilitate Taxiway; Reconstruct Taxiway
2020 seq. 42 Buildings, roads and utilities $83,965
$80K AIP
Improve Airport Drainage/Erosion Control
2020 seq. 43 Buildings, roads and utilities $1,638,520 Improve Airport Drainage/Erosion Control
2019 3-28-0050-039-2019 Buildings, roads and utilities $4,515,033 Improve Airport Drainage; Acquire Equipment; Install Perimeter Fencing not Required by 49 CFR 1542; Rehabilitate Taxiway; Rehabilitate Taxiway Lighting; Rehabilitate Access Road; Rehabilitate Runway; Conduct Miscellaneous Study; Reconstruct Taxiway
2018 seq. 038 Aprons $956,178 Expand Access Road; Expand Apron
2017 seq. 36 Taxiways $1,578,892 Reconstruct Airfield Guidance Signs, Rehabilitate Taxiway
2017 seq. 37 Buildings, roads and utilities $168,653 Improve Airport Drainage
2015 seq. 34 Runways $217,973 Rehabilitate Runway - 01/19, Rehabilitate Runway - 04/22, Rehabilitate Taxiway
2013 seq. 32 Aprons $964,261 Improve Airport Miscellaneous Improvements, Rehabilitate Apron
2013 seq. 33 Safety and security $1,025,000 Improve Airport Drainage, Improve Airport Miscellaneous Improvements, Install Perimeter Fencing
2012 seq. 31 Runways $990,820 Construct Access Road, Construct Apron, Improve Access Road, Rehabilitate Runway - 01/19
2011 seq. 29 Taxiways $850,900 Construct Taxiway
2011 seq. 30 Taxiways $2,434,295 Construct Taxiway
2010 seq. 27 Aprons $404,774 Construct Apron
2010 seq. 28 Taxiways $3,014,234 Construct Taxiway

From the FAA's Airport Improvement Program grant history reports, FY2010–FY2025 (federal fiscal years, October to September), as the FAA published them. Every program in those reports is counted: from FY2020 they include CARES, CRRSA and ARPA relief, and from FY2021 the infrastructure law's AIG, terminal (ATRM) and contract tower (FCT) grants, so a total here is not AIP alone; the AIP share is shown separately. Tower operations are the FAA's ATADS counts for towered fields, calendar years 2010 to 2024; a field without a tower has no counts, and a year's dollars per operation divide a fiscal year's awards by the same-numbered calendar year's count. Grants to state block programs, system plans and proposed airports carry no airport identifier and are not shown on airport pages. Ranks count airports with at least one award in these years. Figures are as published and may be revised by the FAA; this is not FAA analysis. Sources: FAA AIP grant histories, FAA ATADS airport operations. What a sponsor agrees to in accepting a grant: FAA grant assurances.

Nearby airports

AirportNameDistanceBearingConditionsWind
23M CLARKE COUNTY 14.8 nm 178° S —
M23 JAMES H EASOM FLD 19.5 nm 266° W —
00M THIGPEN FLD 33.5 nm 227° SW —
KMPE PHILADELPHIA MUNI 33.8 nm 326° NW VFR Calm
09A BUTLER/CHOCTAW COUNTY 34.2 nm 112° E —
2M4 G V MONTGOMERY 37.4 nm 272° W —
Private-use fields nearby (9)
0MS0 TOPTON AIR ESTATES 10.9 nm 039° NE —
14MS ROSE FLD 14.4 nm 273° W —
KNMM MERIDIAN NAS (MC CAIN FLD) 16.6 nm 037° NE VFR Calm
3MS9 UNION MUNI 24.5 nm 307° NW —
MS70 MC LAIN - CALICO 25.7 nm 340° N —
KNJW JOE WILLIAMS NOLF 28.3 nm 351° N VFR 040° 3 kt
49MS GRAY FLD 29.8 nm 342° N —
MS96 BARRETT FLD 31.5 nm 326° NW —
1MS8 COLUMBUS AFB AUX FLD, (GUNSHY) 37.5 nm 013° N —

Distances are great-circle from the airport reference point; bearings and winds are true. Conditions are each field's own METAR from the last two hours; a dash means it has none.