TUNICA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

'Tunica Municipal Airport' is a public airport serving the town of Tunica, Mississippi, Tunica County and the surrounding region.
Development and improvement of the facility, located in the southern portion of the Memphis Metropolitan Area, has increased dramatically since the 1990s. Tunica Municipal is considered as one of the multiple beneficiaries of sales tax revenue generated by the addition of casinos to the county, following approval by the Mississippi Legislature to introduce gaming houses. The growth of the Tunica Resorts region into the third largest gaming destination behind Las Vegas, Nevada and Atlantic City, New Jersey, aided efforts to expand air service beyond charter flights.
From March 21 to October 2006, the airport was served by Boston-Maine Airways under its Pan-Am Clipper Connection banner, with regular scheduled flights to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The ''Memphis Business Journal'' reported on August 29, 2007, that more than $6.1 million in funding would be made available from the Federal Aviation Administration for expansion at Tunica Municipal, amid its efforts to find a replacement carrier. Airport officials are planning a 1,500-foot runway extension, as well as a 35-foot taxiway extension with the newly available funds.^[1]

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1. "Tunica Airport receives .1M from federal government". ''Memphis Business Journal'' (www.bizjournals.com/memphis), August 29, 2007.

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★ Tunica Airport (official site)

★ Tunica Air Center (fixed base operator)

★ Tunica Air Group (Aircraft Maintenance Services)