Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-13
Status: in_force

A municipality, which has established or acquired or which may hereafter establish or acquire an airport or air navigation facility, is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and use of such airport or air navigation facility under its control whether situated within or without the territorial limits of the municipality.

As for the enforcement thereof, the municipality, may, by ordinance or resolution, as may by law be appropriate, appoint airport guards or police, with full police powers, and fix penalties, within the limits prescribed by law, for the violation of the aforesaid ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders. Said penalties shall be enforced in the same manner in which penalties prescribed by other ordinances or resolutions of the municipality are enforced. To the extent that an airport or other air navigation facility controlled and operated by a municipality is located outside the territorial limits of the municipality, it shall, subject to federal and state laws, rules and regulations, be under the jurisdiction and control of the municipality controlling or operating it, and no other municipality shall have any authority to charge or exact a license fee or occupation tax for operations thereon.

All ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations or orders which are issued by the municipality shall be kept in substantial conformity with the laws of the state or any regulations promulgated or standards established pursuant thereto, and, as nearly as may be, with the federal laws governing aeronautics and the rules, regulations and standards duly issued thereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-75 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-75
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized, in their discretion, to exercise all the powers conferred on boards of supervisors with reference to acquiring land to be used as an airport or landing place for airplanes, and erect suitable buildings thereon, and equip and maintain such airport. They may acquire airports or landing places already established. Such airport or landing place may be situated beyond the limits of such municipality. The governing authorities of a municipality may lease, or sublease, or contract the maintenance and operation of, any airport or landing place for airplanes to the United States of America, or any department or agency thereof, or to any person, firm, association, or corporation, for the purpose of training aviators and for other legal purposes. The county wherein such airport may be situated is hereby authorized to make such contribution to the cost of acquiring the necessary land for such airport, the placing of same in suitable condition, and the equipping and maintenance thereof, as the board of supervisors of such county and the governing body of such municipality may mutually agree upon.

The governing authorities of the several municipalities of the state in or near which the state university or a state supported four year college, now or hereafter in existence, are or shall be located, are authorized, in their discretion, to assist the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, the state building commission or any other state agency by contributing municipal funds to be used in the acquisition of a site for an airport, erecting suitable buildings and building or extending runways, equipping, maintaining and operating an airport, which shall be available for the use of said university or colleges, as the case may be, and for the general public.

Any such municipality which offers assistance in the acquisition of a site for constructing suitable buildings, building or extending runways or maintaining and operating such airports for the university or other state supported colleges, as the case may be, may or may not be in the county in which the university or the state supported four year college is located, provided the airport is not more than ten miles from said municipality.