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Hawkins Field

32.33450°N
-90.22220°W
ARR / DAY
10
▼ 14.6%
DEP / DAY
11
▲ 10.3%

Hawkins Field (KHKS/HKS) is a small general aviation airport located in Jackson, MS. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,387 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 10 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KHKS 161153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01890167 10206 20167 53006 $

Runways

2 installed

5,387 FT MAX
11/29
4,822 ft × 150
CON● LITMED
16/34
5,387 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

34
37% of ops
133 land · 69 TO
16
23% of ops
82 land · 106 TO
29
21% of ops
76 land · 3 TO
11
20% of ops
71 land · 6 TO
Runway 34 carries 37% of operations (133 landings, 69 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 23%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

34 133 landings
UA 7%
16 82 landings
UA 4%
29 76 landings
UA 18%
11 71 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 34 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 133 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
20.3
flights/day · 609 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 20.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (13.6 vs 23.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

67 · 16%
50 · 12%
37 · 9%
28 · 7%
27 · 6%
24 · 6%
Activity is led by (16% of 427 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.650 —
TWR 119.650 0700-2100
TWR 257.800 0700-2100
GND 121.900 0700-2100
GND 239.000 0700-2100
APCH 123.900 —
APCH 125.250 —
APCH 319.200 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
ASOS 120.625 —
OTHER 35.500 0700-2100
ARNG OPS 35.500 0700-2100
LCL/P 119.650 0700-2100
OTHER 121.900 —
CD/P 121.900 —
OTHER 132.500 —
JACKSON 132.500 —
OTHER 139.050 0700-2100
ARNG OPS 139.050 0700-2100
OTHER 242.400 0700-2100
ARNG OPS 242.400 0700-2100
LCL/P 257.800 0700-2100
OTHER 259.100 —
JACKSON 259.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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