Tunica Municipal Airport
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Tunica Municipal Airport is a public airport serving the town of Tunica, Mississippi, serving 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.
Tunica Municipal was solely a general aviation facility until May 2, 2006, when the airport began offering three direct flights each week via Boston-Maine Airways' Pan Am Clipper Connection to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Airline
- Pan Am Clipper Connection operated by Boston-Maine Airways (Atlanta)
External links
- [Tunica Airport] (official site)
- [Tunica Air Center] (fixed base operator)
- Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for KUTA]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KUTA]
- [Maps and aerial photos]
- * WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
- * Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
- * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
- * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
- * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]
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