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Cleveland Municipal Airport (ICAO: KRNV, FAA LID: RNV) is a public use airport in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of Cleveland and located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of its central business district.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] There is no scheduled commercial airline service.

Cleveland Municipal Airport (former Cleveland Army Airfield)
USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA: none ICAO: KRNV FAA LID: RNV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Cleveland
Serves	Cleveland, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL	140 ft / 43 m
Coordinates	33°45′40″N 90°45′28″W
Map
RNV Location of airport in Mississippi
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 5,005 1,526 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 57,850 Based aircraft 48
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RNV by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Force and opened in April 1942 as a contract basic flying training airfield. Known as Cleveland Army Airfield, it was operated by the 3224th Air Base Unit, Contract Elementary Flying School (AAFFTC), Cleveland School of Aviation. Students were trained on Fairchild PT-23 and Boeing-Stearman PT-17 trainers. It operated until October 14, 1944 when the last class graduated. The equipment and aircraft at the base were declared excess and sold in November. The airfield was then turned over to civil authorities as an airport. [5][6][7]

Facilities and aircraft

Cleveland Municipal Airport covers an area of 133 acres (54 ha) at an elevation of 140 feet (42 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,005 by 75 feet (1526 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending February 7, 2012, the airport had 57,850 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 158 per day. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 19% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[1]

See also

• Mississippi World War II Army Airfields
• List of airports in Mississippi

References

External links

• Aerial image from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for RNV, effective August 11, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for RNV
  • AirNav airport information for KRNV
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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