Transportation

Airports

Dean Griffin Memorial Airport, Wiggins, MS

  • Wiggins has a 3,000 feet lighted runway.
  • Fuel service and airplane rental is provided.

Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Gulfport, MS

The nearest commercial airport is located in Gulfport, 32 miles from Wiggins. It has a runway length of 9,000 feet. Flights to Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, and other cities are offered daily. International air travel is available at the Louis P. Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans some two hours driving time away. A limousine transportation service, The Coastliner, which provides transportation to New Orleans, is available on the Gulf Coast, 30 miles from Wiggins.

Bus Service

Greyhound Bus System provides bus service to and from Wiggins, with service daily.

Highways

U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 29, both running north south, and Mississippi Highway 26, running east west, serves Wiggins. Four-landed U.S. Highway 49 connects Wiggins with interstate 10, 29 miles to the south, and U.S. Highway 98, 20 miles to the north. Mississippi Highway 26 connects Wiggins with Interstate 59, 20 miles to the west and 30 miles to the north.

Mail

The United States Postal Service maintains a Class Second Post Office at 125 West Border Avenue. The Post Office provides Post Office Boxes and city and rural delivery.

Motor Freight Carriers

Wiggins is served by the following motor freight carriers:

Charles Evans Trucking
ABF Freight System, Inc
Drury-Young Trucking
Fayard Moving & Transport Corp.
American Eagle Transport, Inc.
Goggin Truck Lines
Double C Logistics
American Freightways
Harris Transport
Apollo Transportation
Jim Mercer Trucking, Inc.
Con-Way Southern Express
Overnite Transportation
Central Freight Lines
Powell Transportation
Baldwin Transfer Co., Inc.
Rocking C Truck Lines
Bowe River Trucking, Inc.
Roadway Express, Inc.
Craters & Freighters
Shippers Express, Inc.
Central Freight Lines, Inc.
Yellow Freight System, Inc.
Circle G. Transportation
Colonial Freight Systems

White's Trucking

Parcel Service

Federal Express, Air Borne Express, United Parcel Service and the United States Post Office, with daily service, provide parcel service in Wiggins.

Railroads

Wiggins is served by the Kansas City Southern Railroad. Kansas City Southern provides daily switching service and overnight service to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hattiesburg, Mobile and New Orleans.

Water Transportation

The nearest deep water port is Gulfport, Mississippi, located 35 miles from Wiggins. Mobile is 75 miles and New Orleans is 95 miles from Wiggins.

Port of Pascagoula
3033 Pascagoula St
Pascagoula, MS 39567
(228) 762-4041

   
 
419 S. Vardaman St., Wiggins, MS  39577
P. O. Box 569, Wiggins, MS  39577
601.928.5418 o   601.928.6469 f
Email: SCEDP
 
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