Charles W. Baker Airport

Charles W. Baker from above

IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 2M8

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Memphis - Shelby County Airport Authority

Serves

Millington, TN

Location

Shelby County, TN

Elevation AMSL

247 ft / 75.3 m

Coordinates

35°16′44.31″N 89°55′53.31″W / 35.2789750°N 89.9314750°WCoordinates: 35°16′44.31″N 89°55′53.31″W / 35.2789750°N 89.9314750°W

Website

http://www.charleswbakerairport.com/default.htm

Map

2M8

Location of airport in Tennessee

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	3,500	1,066.8	Asphalt
18U/36U	1,600	487.7	Asphalt

Statistics (1997)

Operations	39,600
Based Aircraft	110

Source: FAA ^[1]

Charles W. Baker Airport (FAA LID: 2M8) is a civil, publicly owned airport. It is located four miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Millington, TN, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is only 10 miles (16km) from downtown Memphis, TN. It is owned and operated by Memphis - Shelby County Airport Authority.^[1] It also immediately adjacent to Memphis Motorsports Park.^[2]

History

The airfield was originally built during World War II as an outlying landing field (OLF) to Naval Air Station Memphis and consisted of eight 1600 foot paved runways arranged in a Star of David pattern. Considered surplus at the end of the war, the OLF was released to civilian control in 1946. Charles W. Baker Airport opened in 1959, and has also been known in the past as "Shelby County Airport".^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Charles W. Baker Airport is on a 259-acre (1.05 km²) plot of land. It has an asphalt runway 18/36 that is 3,500 x 75 feet (1,066.8 x 28.7 meters)and handles up to 25,000 lb (11,000 kg). It has an additional asphalt runway 18U/36U designed solely for ultra-light aircraft that is 1,600 x 75 feet (487.7 x 28.7 m). ^[1]

Charles W. Baker airport offers 100LL and Jet-A fuels from its FBO. Charles W Baker has a terminal that includes a pilot's lounge and a meeting room. The FBO also provides access to car rental via Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Airlines and destinations

Shelby Charters is based out of Charles W Baker airport. They transport both passengers and cargo on demand. They have two Beech 55s and a Cessna C-401A. ^[4]

Other traffic includes ultra-light aircraft and general aviation aircraft.

No regular service operates to or from Charles W. Baker Airport.

References

External links

City of Memphis and Memphis metropolitan area (counties in TN, MS and AR)

Topics

Districts

Neighborhoods

Metro area
landmarks

Tennessee	A. Schwab's Art Museum of the University of Memphis AutoZone Stadium Bartlett Museum Beale Street Bellevue Baptist Church Belz Museum Botanic Garden Brooks Museum Burkle Estate Central Station Chickasaw Bluff Children's Museum Chucalissa Museum Cotton Museum Davies Manor Dixon Gallery and Gardens Downtown Trolleys Elmwood Cemetery FedExForum Fire Museum Fort Assumption Fort Wright Graceland Hernando de Soto Bridge Liberty Bowl Stadium Libertyland Lichterman Nature Center Lincoln American Tower Magevney House Mallory-Neely House Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park Memorial Park Cemetery Cotton Exchange Memphis International Airport Motorsports Park National Cemetery Parkway System Railroad & Trolley Museum Memphis Zoo Mississippi River Mississippi River Park Mud Island Monorail National Civil Rights Museum National Ornamental Metal Museum Oaklawn Garden Orpheum Theatre Overton Park Peabody Hotel Pink Palace The Pyramid Rhodes College Rock N' Soul Museum St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Shelby Farms Stax Museum Sun Studio South Main Arts District Temple Israel Tennessee Brewery Tipton County Museum T. O. Fuller State Park Tom Lee Park Union Station University of Memphis Victorian Village Wolf River

Mississippi	Arkabutla Lake Bally's Casino BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove DeSoto County Museum Lander's Center Gold Strike Casino Holly Springs National Forest Horseshoe Casino Mississippi River Resorts Casino Tunica Sam's Town Gambling Hall Southaven Towne Center Tunica Resorts Snowden Grove Park Tanger Outlets Southaven Tunica Roadhouse Casino Wall Doxey State Park

Arkansas	Horseshoe Lake Mississippi River Southland Greyhound Park Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge

Metro area
suburbs

Tennessee	Arlington Atoka Bartlett Collierville Covington Germantown Lakeland Millington Munford Northaven Oakland Piperton Somerville Shelby Forest

Mississippi	Byhalia Hernando Holly Springs Horn Lake Olive Branch Senatobia Southaven Tunica Robinsonville/Tunica Resorts Walls

Arkansas	Earle Marion West Memphis

Metro area
counties

Tennessee	Shelby Fayette Tipton

Mississippi	DeSoto Marshall Tate Tunica

Arkansas	Crittenden

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