McComb–Pike County Airport
airport
McComb–Pike County Airport (IATA: MCB, ICAO: KMCB, FAA LID: MCB), also known as John E. Lewis Field, is a public airport located four miles (6 km) south of the central business district of McComb, a city in Pike County, Mississippi, United States. It is owned by the City of McComb and Pike County.
Facilities and aircraft
McComb–Pike County Airport covers an area of 430 acres (170 ha) which contains one runway designated 16/34 with a 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending April 28, 2023, the airport had 10,320 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% military. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q650075. Authority coordinates are 31.178, -90.472. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023.
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This entry incorporates text from “McComb–Pike County Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.