- Olive Branch Airport
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Olive Branch Airport IATA: OLV – ICAO: KOLV – FAA LID: OLV & EVO Summary Airport type Public use Owner/Operator Metro Industrial Park Ltd. Serves Olive Branch, Mississippi Elevation AMSL 402 ft / 122 m Coordinates 34°58′44″N 089°47′13″W / 34.97889°N 89.78694°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 6,000 1,829 Asphalt Statistics (2010) Aircraft operations 58,175 Based aircraft 148 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Olive Branch Airport (IATA: OLV, ICAO: KOLV, FAA LID: OLV & EVO) is a civil, privately-owned airport open to the public. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Olive Branch, a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States.[1]
It is also only about a 30 minute drive from Memphis, Tennessee, making it an easily-accessible satellite airport for the general aviation and business air travel communities wanting to access the East Memphis/Germantown/Collierville area.[2] It is owned and operated by Metro Industrial Park Ltd.[3]
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History
In the early 1970's, Holiday Inn announced they would construct what would be called Holiday Inn University and Conference Center in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Simultaneous with construction of the University, Holiday Inn began work on a 3,000-acre (12 km2) industrial park and the Olive Branch Airport that opened in January, 1973. Today the development is known as Metro Industrial Park. It is an 800-acre (3.2 km2) fully planned, improved, and restricted industrial facility. It includes the Olive Branch Airport -- one of Mississippi's busiest -- offering a 6,000-foot (1,800 m) paved, lighted runway, and full service fixed base operations (via Metro Aviation Service).[3] Today the industrial complex and Olive Branch Airport are owned by Belz Enterprises.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Olive Branch Airport covers an area of 412 acres (167 ha) at an elevation of 402 feet (123 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m).[1]
Facilities include a general aviation terminal, 25 conventional hangars, 26 T-hangar units, and 140 paved tie-down spaces. The airport also offers on-site car rental through Enterprise Rent-A-Car and lodging arrangements at the nearby Whispering Woods Conference Center (previously the Holiday Inn University and Conference Center).[2]
Olive Branch Airport has a fully functioning "Class D" control tower with an up-link to Memphis International Airport's radar. It is staffed from 7am - 9pm CST daily.[4]
Olive Branch Airport has an ILS to Runway 18 and a LOC/DME to Runway 36.[4]
Metro Aviation Service is the fixed base operator (FBO) at Olive Branch Airport. They provide both 100LL and Jet-A fuel for aircraft that are both based there and transient.[4]
Air Venture Flight Center is based out of Olive Branch Airport. Air Venture Flight Center is a flight training school and aircraft rental company. They have a full time staff of professional flight instructors and a nice fleet of Cessna aircraft. Air Venture Flight Center is also a Cessna Pilot Center and operates a charter company called Vectair-USA.[5]
Any aircraft from a small training aircraft to a Bombardier Global Express business jet can operate to, from, and around Olive Branch Airport.
A few charter companies have piston singles and twins, jets, and/or turbojets based at Olive Branch Airport. Vectair-USA uses a Beechcraft King Air 9L for chartered flights.[6] OneSky Jets has one King Air B100 based there.[5][7]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 58,175 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 40% Corporate, 40% Instructional, 18% Pleasure and 2% Military. At that time there were 148 aircraft based at this airport: 105 single engine, 25 multi-engine, 7 jets, 10 turbo-props and 1 helicopter.[1]
Airlines and destinations
While a few charter operations operate out of Olive Branch Airport, including Vectair-USA and OneSky Jets, no regular service operates there.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for OLV (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ a b c Zero to Jet.V2.htm AirVenture Flight Center Introduces 'Zero to Jet' Accelerated Regional Airline Training Program, news release from Belz Metro Industrial Park, June 2007
- ^ a b City of Olive Branch, Mississippi: Our History
- ^ a b c Air Venture Flight Center
- ^ Vectair-USA
- ^ OneSky Jets: Olive Branch Airport
External links
- Olive Branch History from Olive Branch Chamber of Commerce
- FAA Terminal Procedures for OLV, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KOLV
- ASN accident history for OLV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KOLV
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