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Bruce Campbell Field

Coordinates:32°26′19″N90°06′11″W/ 32.43861°N 90.10306°W/32.43861; -90.10306
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Bruce Campbell Field

(former Augustine Auxiliary Field)
USGS2006orthophoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Madison
ServesMadison, Mississippi
ElevationAMSL326 ft / 99 m
Coordinates32°26′19″N90°06′11″W/ 32.43861°N 90.10306°W/32.43861; -90.10306
Map
MBO is located in Mississippi
MBO
MBO
Location of airport in Mississippi
MBO is located in the United States
MBO
MBO
MBO(the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,444 1,355 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations48,660
Based aircraft63

Bruce Campbell Field(IATA:DXE,ICAO:KMBO,FAALID:MBO) is a city-owned public-useairportlocated twonautical miles(4km) southeast of thecentral business districtofMadison,a city inMadison County,Mississippi,United States.[1]This airport is included in theNational Plan of Integrated Airport Systemsfor 2011–2015, whichcategorizedit as ageneral aviationairport.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letterlocation identifierfor theFAAandIATA,this airport is assignedMBOby the FAA,[1]and DXE from IATA[3](which assignedMBOtoMamburao Airportin thePhilippines).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

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Bruce Campbell Field covers an area of 260acres(105ha) at anelevationof 326 feet (99 m) abovemean sea level.It has onerunwaydesignated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,444 by 75 feet (1,355 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 14, 2011, the airport had 48,660 aircraft operations, an average of 133 per day: 99.8%general aviationand 0.2%military.At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine,and 13% multi-engine.[1]

History

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The airport was opened in March 1941 asAugustine Auxiliary Fieldwith an all-direction 4,000' turf takeoff/landing field. single 3,600' concrete runway. It began trainingUnited States Army Air Corpsflying cadets under contract to Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics, Inc. The airport was assigned to Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield, reporting toJackson Army Air Base.The airfield had three local auxiliary airfields for emergency and overflow landings. Flying training was performed withFairchild PT-19sas the primary trainer and also had severalPT-17 Stearmansassigned.

The airfield was deactivated on June 30, 1945, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. It was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945, and was eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport. [5] [6] [7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcdeFAA Airport Form 5010 for MBOPDF.Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2. ^"2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)"(PDF).National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems.Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2012-09-27.
  3. ^"Bruce Campbell Field (ICAO: KMBO, FAA: MBO, IATA: DXE)".Great Circle Mapper.RetrievedApril 24,2012.
  4. ^"Mamburao Airport (IATA: MBO, ICAO: RPUM)".Aviation Safety Network.RetrievedApril 24,2012.
  5. ^Public DomainThis article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theAir Force Historical Research Agency
  6. ^Shaw, Frederick J. (2004),Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy,Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.OCLC57007862,1050653629
  7. ^Manning, Thomas A. (2005),History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002.Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, TexasOCLC71006954,29991467
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