Yazoo County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | County of Yazoo | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yazoo City, Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Location | Yazoo County, Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Built | November 1989 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 105 ft / 32 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°53′01″N 090°27′50″W / 32.88361°N 90.46389°W | ||||||||||
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  87I Location in Mississippi | |||||||||||
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Yazoo County Airport (FAA LID: 87I) is five miles northwest of Yazoo City in unincorporated Yazoo County, Mississippi.[1] It is owned by the County of Yazoo.[1][2]
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[3] In 2010 the airport got a $76,931 Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant for apron lighting.[2]
The airport has a 5,000 feet (1,500 m) lighted runway that was built in 1993 and upgraded in 2000. As of 2001 the airport houses two agricultural businesses and a repair service. Lynne W. Jeter of the Mississippi Business Journal said in 2001 that the county airport "may have played an important role in landing the multi-phase federal prison project that is currently under expansion," referring to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex, Yazoo City.
