# Greenwood Municipal Airport (Old)

Greenwood, MS · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-4ff28baa63` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/ms/greenwood-greenwood-municipal-airport-old/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-4ff28baa63.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-4ff28baa63.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-4ff28baa63

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | industrial | none |
| What is there now | light industrial estate | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1931 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1970 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Anchors

Chicago & Southern Airlines, Delta Air Lines

## Timeline

- 1931: Airport opened
- 1931: Opened
- 1942: Army Air Corps took over control
- 1970: Airport closed
- 1970: Closed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Greenwood Municipal Airport (Old) is a former airport located 2 miles southwest of Greenwood, Mississippi.  It was closed about 1970 and flight operations were moved to the Greenwood-Leflore Airport.  Today it is an industrial area.


== History ==
Greenwood Municipal Airport opened about 1931 as the airport for Greenwood, Mississippi.  The airfield was said to have 2 sod runways: 2,960 feet (900 m) and 2,800 feet (850 m) long.  It was also known as "Leflore Airport".  During World War II the Army Air Corps took over control of the airport in 1942 and three 4,000 feet (1,200 m) hard-surface runways were built.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Municipal_Airport_(Mississippi)

## Sources

- Greenwood Municipal Airport (Mississippi) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Municipal_Airport_(Mississippi)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Greenwood Municipal Airport (Old), Greenwood, MS." Record n-4ff28baa63, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/ms/greenwood-greenwood-municipal-airport-old/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_greenwoodgreenwoodmunicipalairportold,
  title = {Greenwood Municipal Airport (Old), Greenwood, MS},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/ms/greenwood-greenwood-municipal-airport-old/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-4ff28baa63, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.