Olive Branch Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in De Soto County, Mississippi, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Olive Branch, Mississippi. This airport included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.The airport is about a 30-minute drive from downtown Memphis, Tennessee and 10 minutes from the Memphis city limits, making it an easily accessible satellite airport for the general aviation and business air travel communities wanting to access the East Memphis/Germantown/Collierville area. It is owned and operated by Metro Industrial Park Ltd.HistoryIn the early 1970s, Holiday Inn announced they would construct what would be called Holiday Inn University and Conference Center in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Simultaneous with construction of the University, Holiday Inn began work on a 3000acre industrial park and the Olive Branch Airport that opened in January, 1973. Today the development is known as Metro Industrial Park. It is an 800acre fully planned, improved, and restricted industrial facility. It includes the Olive Branch Airport—one of Mississippi's busiest—offering a 6000ft paved, lighted runway, and full service fixed-base operations (via Metro Aviation Service). Today the industrial complex and Olive Branch Airport are owned by Belz Enterprises.
