Hawkins Field (airport)

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Hawkins Field is an airport located in Jackson, the capital of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

History

The town of Jackson bought in 1928 for $ 53,500 151 acre pasture order to set up an airfield. The inauguration of the country specified by the previously located there farm as Davis Field course took place on November 9. The first scheduled flight of Delta Air Lines led on June 17, 1929 by Love Field in Dallas to Davis Field - with stops in Shreveport and Monroe.

1936 established the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of the WPA program for $ 62,150 ( corresponding to the value of $ 1,090,000 ), a reception building and an attached apron. 1941 received the airfield in honor of a local politician its present name. In the same year later the United States Army Air Forces began the military use of the airport under the name of Jackson Air Base, first as a flight school of the Dutch government in exile.

In January 1949, the airport was returned to civilian use in 1953 used it in addition the Mississippi Air National Guard. 1963 built the city a new airport in Rankin County, which has since been used by both the National Guard and the civilian airlines.

Operation

Hawkins Field is now used for general aviation flights and by the National Guard.