Guyed tower 1278747 — Bay St. Louis, MS

At 107 m, structure 1278747 is about 23% above the 87 m average across the 72 structures registered in Hancock County. It is about 16% above the Mississippi average of 92 m across 4,898 registrations. Among the 20,303 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (GTOWER), the average overall height is 107 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 3 m, which puts the top of the structure 110 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Bay St. Louis in Hancock County, Mississippi, at coordinates 30.22850, -89.53858, with the site address filed as "Port Bienville". Hancock County has 72 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 18th-largest count among the 82 Mississippi counties with registrations, and 50 of them are marked constructed. Mississippi as a whole has 4,898 registrations, the 16th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Lacombe, LA · 1022809, a structure at 225 m (dismantled).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1278747 on Feb 27, 2020. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 3,788 in Mississippi.

The FCC record lists Hancock County E-911 Commission of Kiln, MS as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001741917. Across the registry it holds 4 structure registrations, including 4 in Mississippi. Its most common filed structure-type code is GTOWER (3 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2016-ASO-804-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1L, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 7, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style E". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 8, 12.