Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport

Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (KHBG) is a medium airport in Hattiesburg, MS. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KHBG or IATA code HBG. It sits in North America.

Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,094-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 6,094 ft (1,857 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport sits near sea level at 151 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 44 departing and 31 arriving private-jet legs at KHBG across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KHBG are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Hattiesburg Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport in Forrest County, Mississippi is owned by the City of Hattiesburg and is five miles southeast of downtown.