| Payne Field | |
|---|---|
| West Point, Mississippi | |
 Payne Field - parked Curtiss JN-4 Training Aircraft, 1918 | |
  Payne Field | |
| Coordinates | 33°39′56″N 88°38′57″W / 33.66556°N 88.64917°W |
| Type | Primary pilot training airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | .svg){kind=small} Air Service, United States Army |
| Condition | abandoned fields |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1917 |
| In use | 1918–1920 |
| Battles/wars |  World War I |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Training Section, Air Service |
Payne Field is a former World War I military airfield, located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north-northeast of West Point, Mississippi. It operated as a training field for the United States Army Air Service between 1918 until 1920.
The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established in 1917 after the United States entry into World War I.[1] It was the first airport constructed in Mississippi.[2]
- ^ William R. Evinger: Directory of Military Bases in the U.S., Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1991, p. 147.
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation: Mississippi aeronautics history