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KOLV · Olive Branch Airport

ICAO · US · 22 NTSB events

ID KOLV FAA OLV Elev 402 ft Lat 34° 58.72' N Lon 89° 47.21' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 6,000 ft. Max gradient: 0.12%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18 180° 6,000 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.12%
36 360° 6,000 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.12%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 8 frequencies

  • ATIS ATIS 119.925
  • AWOS AWOS 3 119.925
  • CLD CLNC DEL 121.200
  • GND GND 121.200
  • TWR TWR 125.275
  • APP MEMPHIS APP 120.070
  • DEP MEMPHIS DEP 124.150
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 125.275

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KOLV on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 3 matched · 22 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL Rwy 18–36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 18. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL Rwy 18–36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 18. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

All translated remarks (3)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL Rwy 18–36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    Actvt MIRL Rwy 18–36—CTAF

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 18. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT MALSR Rwy 18—CTAF

  • Airport attended 1200–0300Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1200–0300Z‡

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (22 sentences)
  • ·176 MISSISSIPPI OKOLONA MUNI/RICHARD STOVALL FLD (5A4) 2 NE UTC–6(–5DT) N34º00.95´ W88º43.57´ 337 B NOTAM FILE GWO RWY 18–36: H3197X60 (ASPH) S–12.5 MIRL RWY 36: Trees.
  • ·Unattended. 100LL avbl 24 hr with credit card.
  • ·Rwy 18–36 terrain drops off abruptly 200´ fm both ends.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 662-447-5461
  • ·CTAF 122.9 ®COLUMBUS APP/DEP CON 126.075 (1300–0100Z‡ Mon–Fri, 1800–2300Z‡ Sun, clsd Sat and hols.) ®MEMPHIS CENTER APP/DEP CON 128.5 (0100–1300Z‡ Mon–Fri, 2300Z–1800Z‡ Sun, Sat and hols.) CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Memphis ARTCC at 901-368-8453/8449.
  • ·TUPELO (L) (L) VORW/DME 109.8 OTB Chan 35 N34º13.43´ W88º47.84´ 160º 13.0 NM to fld. 364/4E.
  • ·VOR portion unusable: 190º–220º OKTIBBEHA (See STARKVILLE on page 185) OLIVE BRANCH/TAYLOR FLD (OLV)(KOLV) 3 NE UTC–6(–5DT) N34º58.73´ W89º47.21´ 402 B TPA—1202(800) NOTAM FILE OLV RWY 18–36: H6000X100 (ASPH–GRVD) S–110, D–151, 2D–205, 2D/2D2–599 PCR 459 F/D/X/T HIRL RWY 18: MALSR.
  • ·VASI(V4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 51´.
  • ·VASI(V4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 31´.
  • ·Clsd Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. 100LL: self–svc fuel avbl 24 hrs with credit card.
  • ·Bottle oxy avbl on req call 662–895–2978.
  • ·Read back rqrd of all hold back instructions.
  • ·Twy H clsd exc to sngl and lgt twin acft only.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 662-895-2978
  • ·AWOS–3 119.925 (662) 893–5906.
  • ·CTAF 125.275 ATIS 119.925 UNICOM 122.95 ®MEMPHIS APP CON 125.8 120.075 ®MEMPHIS DEP CON 124.15 TOWER 125.275 (1300–0300Z‡) GND CON 121.2 CLNC DEL 121.2 CLNC DEL 121.3 (When twr clsd)
  • ·CLASS D svc 1300–0300Z‡; other times CLASS G.
  • ·MEMPHIS (H) (H) VORTACW 117.5 MEM Chan 122 N35º00.91´ W89º58.99´ 102º 9.9 NM to fld. 363/1E.
  • ·ILS/DME 109.3 I–OLV Chan 30 Rwy 18.
  • ·Unmonitored when ATCT is clsd.
  • ·LOC/DME 111.55 I–EVO Chan 52(Y) Rwy 36.
  • ·MEMPHIS L–18G IAP MEMPHIS H–6J, L–18G IAP, AD SC, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · OLV

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

22 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

23

since 1982

Fatal

3

13.0% of total

Last 5 years

3

≈ 0.6/yr

Last 10 years

4

≈ 0.4/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 123,369 ops in 2005

2024 total

98,976

10-yr total

730,458

2024 mix

AC/AT 5% · GA 94% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

5.5

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.71

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=4

  • Hard landing 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Other 1
  • Stall / spin 1

All time · n=22

  • Other 6
  • Gear-up landing 3
  • Ground collision 2
  • Hard landing 2
  • Stall / spin 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Runway excursion 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2005-08-20 Cessna 177B · Ground collision · day →
2003-04-13 Cessna 152 · Fuel exhaustion · day →
2022-03-23 PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-46-600TP · Stall / spin · day →
2021-09-09 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day →
2021-08-26 Cessna 172 · Loss of control · day →
2020-06-02 Cessna 182J · Hard landing · day →
2012-03-07 Cessna 310K · Fire · day →
2008-07-05 Cessna 152 · CFIT · VMC · day →
2003-10-21 Cessna 172N · CFIT · VMC · day →
2003-06-09 Piper PA-28R-180 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2000-02-07 Cessna 172R · Gear-up · VMC · day →
1999-11-08 Piper PA-34-200 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
1999-08-27 Cessna 172N · Other · day →
1998-11-14 Piper PA-32R-301 · Stall / spin · IMC · night →
1998-10-25 Cessna 152 · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
1998-07-06 Cessna 172N · Other · VMC · day →
1996-11-24 Cessna 172N · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1996-10-15 Piper PA-28R-200 · Ground collision · VMC · night →
1996-01-14 Cessna 152 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
1989-03-12 Cessna 152 · Other · day →
1988-04-16 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day →
1985-06-02 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day →

NASA ASRS reports · 1 de-identified report in the public ASRS Database Report Sets

Voluntary first-person accounts; they represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.

Designees in MS

CFI Flight Instructors 482 A&P Mechanics 1,981 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 16 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 2 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 6 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 2 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 12 Schools Flight Schools 17 FBO Fixed Base Operators 45 Clubs Flying Clubs 6 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 1 EAA EAA Chapters 4

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Brian James Flax Olive Branch MS 3 nm
David Childress Olive Branch MS 3 nm
David William Nicholls Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Natalie Bingham Hoover Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Karen Gardner Collierville TN 6 nm
Morris William Ray Memphis TN 12 nm
Stephen Wolcott Dee Arlington TN 18 nm
Christopher Frasse Holly Springs MS 21 nm
Peter Reddan Millington TN 22 nm
David William Nicholls West Memphis AR 23 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Lloyd George Marshall Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Kenneth Wade Mccool Olive Branch MS 3 nm
John Barclay Miller Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Ronald Evans Reaves Olive Branch MS 3 nm
James Russell Cole Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Gerard Paul Schaefer Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Mark William Layton Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Tony Allen Langley Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Justin Carter Redetzke Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Kenneth Benjamin Mokry Olive Branch MS 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Paul Andrew Dwight Donaldson Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Sam Lee Schrecengost Jr Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Christopher S Holland Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Anthony Shannon Youd Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Allen Stennett Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Mark Arcelle Iii Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Tony Alan Basham Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Hoy Herbert Brock Jr Olive Branch MS 3 nm
David John Bryan Olive Branch MS 3 nm
Tommy Zane Buck Jr Olive Branch MS 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Stallings Aircraft Propeller, LLC
Wynne, AR
 51 nm
Aviation Repair Technologies, LLC
Blytheville, AR
 60 nm
Pilots Ally
Walnut Ridge, AR
 89 nm
Heath Aviation
Winona, MS
 91 nm
Southern Air Custom Interiors, Inc
Haleyville, AL
 116 nm
Tomlinson Avionics, Inc
Pine Bluff, AR
 117 nm
Aero Turbine Maintenance
Murray, KY
 123 nm
DC Aviation Maintenance Inc.
Bryant, AR
 135 nm
Harrison Avionics, Inc.
Hopkinsville, KY
 160 nm
Dusty’s Flying Service
Hopkinsville , KY
 160 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.