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    JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport (IATA: JAN, ICAO: KJAN, FAA LID: JAN) is a city-owned civil-military airport located in Jackson, Mississippi...
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    Medgar Wiley Evers (/ˈmɛdɡər/; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi...
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  • Vancouver International Airport). Southwest began planning international service when it acquired AirTran Airways, which already served international destinations...
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  • including austerity measures, an attempted takeover of JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport, and an attempt to pass a bill to hand control of the...
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    was the existence of another Jackson International Airport (now JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport) in Jackson, Mississippi, whose management...
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  • military airports in each U.S. state and territory. List of airports in Alabama List of airports in Alaska List of airports in Arizona List of airports in Arkansas...
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    of 1.8. Jackson has an increasing number of bicycle lanes. JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport, the busiest commercial airport in Mississippi...
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  • Intercontinental Airport Albany, New York - Albany International Airport Houston, Texas - George Bush Intercontinental Airport Lincoln, Nebraska - Lincoln Airport As...
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  • assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Airport name – The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled...
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  • Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Rochester – Rochester International Airport Mississippi JacksonJacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport Gulfport...
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  • Express. In 1997, Mesa established a small hub at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, using two Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet aircraft, providing service...
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    Madison, Mississippi (category Cities in Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi)
    Campbell Field. JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport, 13 miles (21 km) to the southeast, is the commercial airport of the Jackson metropolitan...
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    80/MS 18 have an intersection with MS 475 (Airport Road) near JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport before entering neighboring Brandon. The...
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    new airport for jets (Hawkins' longest runway was 5383 feet). Allen C. Thompson Field, Jackson Municipal Airport, (now known as Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers...
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    Vicksburg, Mississippi (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia)
    north–south through the city. The nearest airport with commercial flights is JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport, 53.2 miles to the east of Vicksburg...
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    Noah Webster Overstreet (category People from Jackson, Mississippi)
    Mississippi (1951) Fondren Corner, Jackson, Mississippi (1955–56) Terminal, JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport, Jackson, Mississippi (1959–63, altered)...
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    runways at the JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport, with the funnel cloud being seen from the NWS Jackson office at the airport. EF0 Corinth...
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    Notes Flowood 0.000 0.000 MS 475 (Airport Road) to MS 25 / I-20 – Pearl, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportModule:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument...
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    US, Fox News, May 3, 2022 "4/12 1130 AM: With the 10" measured at the airport in Billings already, and there will be more to that total by midnight,...
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  • (46 m) A tornado caused scattered damage near the JacksonMedgar Wiley Evers International Airport, mainly to the roofs of homes. Trees were snapped and...
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    Service offices: Springfield, Missouri, WFO Little Rock, Arkansas, WFO Shreveport, Louisiana, WFO Jackson, Mississippi, WFO Tallahassee, Florida, WFO...
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  • airports. It includes the name of the airport, the facility's location, and the person after whom the airport is named. Astor Piazzolla International...
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    A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-17710-5. Risen, Clay (April 2008). "The Unmaking...
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    2016. He returned on June 27, 2016, and was arrested at Dulles International Airport on charges related to check fraud. He was released the next day...
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    Rights Act of 1964. The day ended with the murder of an NAACP leader, Medgar Evers, in Mississippi. As Kennedy had predicted, the day after his TV speech...
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    and Johnson was airlifted in one of his planes to San Antonio International Airport, en route to Brooke Army Medical Center. However, cardiologist and...
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    2020, the Greater Rochester International Airport was renamed the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. On January 18, 2023, Governor...
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    previously been tried twice in Mississippi for the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers, with both trials resulting in hung juries. De La Beckwith would be convicted...
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