NATCHEZ, Miss. – A hangar at the Natchez-Adams County Airport will be reconfigured to be the terminal for the airline that plans to bring commercial passenger service here in 2026 for the first time since the 1990s.
Adams County supervisors agreed Monday to get engineers to begin construction plans. The county-owned airport’s current terminal building has been deemed unsuitable for accommodating the passengers, airline agents and security personnel associated with United Express’ planned once-a-day flights here.
Adams County board President Kevin Wilson said Natchez businessman David Paradise owns the hanger being converted into the airline passenger terminal. It’s located on the left side of the airport’s main building facing Hardy-Anders Field’s runways.
The Board of Supervisors, which governs the airport, is seeking state funds from the Mississippi Department of Transportation for airport improvements.
Natchez and Adams County officials announced last month that SkyWest, a regional affiliate of United Airlines, will start serving the airport next July with one flight a day to Houston’s George Bush Airport, a major hub for United.
The Natchez-Adams County Airport has been without regular airline service for three decades. It had commercial passenger planes landing here between the early 1950s and late 1980s and again briefly in the mid-1990s, according to the airport’s historical records.
With SkyWest flying its 50-seat jets as United Express in and out of the Natchez-Adams County Airport, area residents can avoid driving 90 minutes or more to the nearest airports in Baton Rouge, Jackson or New Orleans to catch a flight. The Natchez-Adams County Airport is 10 miles from Natchez.
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