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Hawkins Field

Hawkins Field is a joint civil-military public airport in . It is owned by the City of Jackson and operated by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Jackson, Mississippi, US
  • Also known as: “Hawkins Field (airport)”, “Hawkins Field Airport”, “HKS”, “Jackson Army Airfield”, and “KHKS”
  • Address: MS

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jackson Zoo and Lanier Junior Senior High School.

Zoo
The is a zoo that was established in 1919 in and exhibits over 120 species and approximately 250 individual animals, providing the public the opportunity to observe and study wildlife from around the world and region.

School
Photo: GilbertThompson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly W. H. Lanier High School, is a public middle and high school located in , , United States.

School
John W. is a public high school located in , United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. Nicknamed "Ram City", the school serves students in grades 9–12 in the West Jackson area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jackson and Flowood.

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the capital of the state of . While it may not offer much in terms of tourism today, can be used as a stopover for getting to other parts of the state or further.

Town
is a city in , , United States. The population was 10,202 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of , is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located northeast of the state capital. is situated 5 miles southeast of Hawkins Field.

Photo: Chillin662, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in , United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the 10th most populous city in Mississippi. The population was 28,100 at the 2020 United States census.

Hawkins Field

Latitude
32.33991° or 32° 20′ 24″ north
Longitude
-90.22254° or 90° 13′ 21″ west
Elevation
315 feet (96 metres)
Operator
Jackson Metropolitan Airport Authority
IATA airport code
HKS
ICAO airport code
KHKS
Open location code
864F8QQG+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201442788
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
4429321
Wiki­data ID
Q1356892
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Hawkins Field” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hawkins Field”
  • Chinese: “霍金斯菲爾德機場”
  • Czech: “Armádní letiště Jackson”
  • Czech: “Hawkinsovo letiště”
  • Czech: “Letiště Jackson”
  • Dutch: “Hawkins Field”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار هوكينز فيلد”
  • French: “aérodrome de Hawkins Field”
  • French: “HKS”
  • German: “Hawkins Field”
  • Indonesian: “HKS”
  • Indonesian: “KHKS”
  • Navajo: “Náhookǫsjí Diichiłítóodi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی هکینز”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро ҳкинз”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Ҳевкинз Филд”
  • Urdu: “ہاکنز فیلڈ”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hawkins Field”. Photo: USGS, Public domain.