Ruleville-Drew Airport is a public use

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in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. Jointly operated by the cities of

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and Ruleville,Poplarville, Hattiesburg among airports receiving grants
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. March 12, 2010. Retrieved on September 23, 2010. it is located two nautical miles (4 km) south of Drew, and north of Ruleville. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''

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'' facility. In 2010 the airport received a $88,997

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grant to rehabilitate the airport beacon and to fund the installation of a water system.

Facilities and aircraft

Ruleville-Drew Airport covers an area of 55 acres (22 ha) at an

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of 137 feet (42 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 18/36 with an

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surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending February 7, 2012, the airport had 10,400

aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day. At that time there were five single-

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aircraft based at this airport.

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Aerial image as of February 1992
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Facilities and aircraft

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