Jackson-Evers International Airport (JAN) Rankin County (MS)
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| ICAO: | KJAN |
| FAA: | JAN |
| City: | Jackson |
| County: | Rankin |
| State: | Mississippi |
| TRACON: | ? |
| ARTCC: | Memphis |
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Welcome to the Jackson-Evers International Airport (JAN) aviation article, the airport located in Rankin County, Mississippi.
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General Information
Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) is a city owned civil-military airport located approximately six miles east of Jackson, Mississippi, across the Pearl River.
It serves commercial, private, and military aviation. It is named after Medgar Evers, the former Mississippi Field Secretary for the NAACP, and is administered by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA), which also oversees aviation activity at Hawkins Field (HKS) in northwest Jackson.
Radio Communications
Land Mobile Radio (LMR)
Land mobile communications for facility security, safety and services use this system.
Jackson-Evers International Airport
| Site | Name | Freqs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 (1) | Jackson-Evers *CONFIRMED* | 854.337500 | 854.637500 | 856.562500 | 856.987500c | 857.987500 |
Aircraft / Airline Communications
Jackson-Evers International Airport RRDB
Air National Guard
The 172nd Airlift Wing (172 AW) of the Mississippi Air National Guard has maintained an Air National Guard base on the airport since 1963, having relocated that year from nearby Hawkins Field. The 172 AW previously operated the C-119 Flying Boxcar, C-124 Globemaster, C-130 Hercules, C-141 Starlifter and currently flies the C-17 Globemaster III.
Air National Guard Units
- 172nd Airlift Wing
- 172d Financial Management Services
- 172d Family Readiness Office
- 172d Medical Group
- 172d Aircraft Generation Squadron
- 172d Operations Group
- 172d Operations Support Flight
- 172d Airlift Control Flight
- 183rd Airlift Squadron
- C-17 callsigns - RULER##
- 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
- 172d Maintenance Group
- 172d Maintenance Group
- 172d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
- 172d Maintenance Squadron
- 172d Maintenance Operations Flight
- 172d Support Group
- 172d Support Group
- 172d Aerial Port Flight
- 172d Civil Engineering Squadron
- 172d Communications Flight
- 172d Mission Support Flight
- 172d Security Forces Squadron
- 172d Services Flight
Radio Communications
Land Mobile Radio (LMR)
- VHF/UHF Air (AM) and LMR (FM) bands
- Please submit any additional support and operation frequencies.
- Unconfirmed Support Frequencies:
- 165.1375
- 149.865
- 139.700
- 148.075
172 AW Operations
| 172nd Airlift Wing Ops (as of Q3-Q4 2014) | |||||||
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| Preset | Frequency | Type | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Service | |
| ?? | 264.600 | BM | 172 AW CP | 172nd AW Command Post | AM | Military | |
| Aerial Refueling Routes used (as of Q3-Q4 2014) | |||||||
| ?? | 324.600 | BM | AR101 Primary | Route 101 Primary | AM | Military | |
| ?? | 278.750 | BM | AR302 Primary | Route 302 Primary | AM | Military | |
| ?? | 260.200 | BM | AR Backup | Backup for all of the above | AM | Military | |
| ?? | 321.300 | BM | AR Boom 321.3 | AR??? Boom frequency 321.3 | AM | Military | |
| ?? | 252.550 | BM | AR Boom 252.55 | AR??? Boom frequency 252.55 | AM | Military | |
Wiki Articles
- Rankin County
- Hinds County
- Gulf States Milcom
- Military Aviation (MILAIR) (MS)
- Trunked Radio Systems (MS)
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Transportation Security Administration
External Links
- Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers IAP Official Site
- 172nd Airlift Wing Official Site
- 172nd Airlift Wing Info at GlobalSecurity.org
- Allen C. Thompson Field at GlobalSecurity.org
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