 thumb|image of bates field, february 1952 mobile regional airport  is a public and military use airport located 11&nbsp;nautical miles (20&nbsp;km) west of mobile, a city in mobile county, alabama, united states. it is near pascagoula, mississippi. the airport, owned and operated by the mobile airport authority, is an independent, self-funded entity that receives no local tax dollars. it is included in the national plan of integrated airport systems for 2011â2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.  as per federal aviation administration records, the airport had 286,956 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, {{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf | title = enplanements for cy 2008 | format = pdf, 1.0 mb | work = cy 2008 passenger boarding and all-cargo data | publisher = federa
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