Aviation in Kentucky
Kentucky is served by a network of 166 public-use airports recorded in the FAA's NASR Airport Master Record. The mix breaks down into 2 large_airport, 11 medium_airport, and 153 small_airport. Together they form the on-the-ground network that connects Kentucky residents to the rest of the country and, in many cases, to international destinations through the larger airports profiled elsewhere in this directory.
FAA region: Kentucky falls inside the FAA's Southern Region, The region oversees airport certification, safety inspections, and air-traffic-control coordination for every airport in this state.
All 166 airports in Kentucky
| Airport | City | IATA | ICAO | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport | Cincinnati / Covington | CVG |
KCVG |
large_airport |
| Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | Louisville | SDF |
KSDF |
large_airport |
| Barkley Regional Airport | Paducah | PAH |
KPAH |
medium_airport |
| Blue Grass Airport | Lexington | LEX |
KLEX |
medium_airport |
| Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport | Bowling Green | BWG |
KBWG |
medium_airport |
| Bowman Field | Louisville | LOU |
KLOU |
medium_airport |
| Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell) | Fort Campbell | HOP |
KHOP |
medium_airport |
| Central Kentucky Regional Airport | Richmond | - | - | medium_airport |
| Godman Army Air Field | Fort Knox | FTK |
KFTK |
medium_airport |
| Julian Carroll Airport | Jackson | - | - | medium_airport |
| Lake Cumberland Regional Airport | Somerset | SME |
KSME |
medium_airport |
| London-Corbin Airport/Magee Field | London | LOZ |
KLOZ |
medium_airport |
| Owensboro Daviess County Airport | Owensboro | OWB |
KOWB |
medium_airport |
| Adair Airport | Fountain Run | - | - | small_airport |
| Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport | Elizabethtown | EKX |
KEKX |
small_airport |
| Air Castle Airport | Paris | - | - | small_airport |
| Arnemann Farms Airport | Franklin | - | - | small_airport |
| Arnolds Airport | Springfield | - | - | small_airport |
| Ashland Regional Airport | Worthington | - | - | small_airport |
| Baggett Farms Airport | Sacramento | - | - | small_airport |
| Barnes Farm Airport | Burna | - | - | small_airport |
| Belcher Regional Airport | Belcher | - | - | small_airport |
| Berea-Richmond Airport | Berea | - | - | small_airport |
| Big Sandy Regional Airport | Debord | - | - | small_airport |
| Bigger (Stol) STOLport | Utica | - | - | small_airport |
| Blue Haven Farm Airport | Paris | - | - | small_airport |
| Blue Lick Airport | Louisville | - | - | small_airport |
| Boss Airport | Burnside | - | - | small_airport |
| Boyce Wafer Farm Airport | Alvaton | - | - | small_airport |
| Brandon Airdrome Airport | Murray | - | - | small_airport |
| Breckinridge County Airport | Hardinsburg | - | - | small_airport |
| Brennan Farm Airport | Paris | - | - | small_airport |
| Brooks Field | Brooks | - | - | small_airport |
| Buzzard's Roost Airport | Lawrenceburg | - | - | small_airport |
| Caintuckee Airport | Independence | - | - | small_airport |
| Cambron Field | Owensboro | - | - | small_airport |
| Capital City Airport | Frankfort | FFT |
KFFT |
small_airport |
| Carr Airport | Williamsburg | - | - | small_airport |
| Cartersville Airport | Paint Lick | - | - | small_airport |
| Charlie Bravo's Airport | Dry Ridge | - | - | small_airport |
| Cherry Hill Airport | Pleasureville | - | - | small_airport |
| Clarks Field | Hillsboro | - | - | small_airport |
| Clinton-Hickman County Airport | Clinton | - | - | small_airport |
| Coal Field | Lexington | - | - | small_airport |
| Colby Airport | Winchester | - | - | small_airport |
| Columbia-Adair Co. Airport | Columbia | - | - | small_airport |
| Craw Daddy Landing Airport | Carrollton | - | - | small_airport |
| Crawford Ultralightport | Brodhead | - | - | small_airport |
| Creek Side Landing Airport | Glasgow | - | - | small_airport |
| Cummings Farms Airfield | Franklin | - | - | small_airport |
| Cynthiana-Harrison County Airport | Cynthiana | - | - | small_airport |
| David Lowe Airport | Sacramento | - | - | small_airport |
| Deer Run Airpark | New Castle | - | - | small_airport |
| Duff Airport | Chavies | - | - | small_airport |
| Eubank Field | Fountain Run | - | - | small_airport |
| Fleming Mason Airport | Flemingsburg | - | - | small_airport |
| Flying C Farms Airport | Shelbyville | - | - | small_airport |
| Flying H Farms Airport | Henderson | - | - | small_airport |
| Forest Hill Airport - Silo Field | Lexington | - | - | small_airport |
| Fulton Airport | Fulton | - | - | small_airport |
| Gallatin County Airport | Sparta | - | - | small_airport |
| Gene Snyder Airport | Falmouth | - | - | small_airport |
| Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport | Georgetown | - | - | small_airport |
| Gills' Landing Field | Elkton | - | - | small_airport |
| Glasgow Municipal Airport | Glasgow | GLW |
KGLW |
small_airport |
| Goode Airpark | Utica | - | - | closed |
| Grayson County Airport | Leitchfield | - | - | small_airport |
| HP Field | Graham | - | - | small_airport |
| Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field | Lewisport | - | - | small_airport |
| Harold Reynolds Airport | Harrodsburg | - | - | small_airport |
| Henderson City County Airport | Henderson | - | - | small_airport |
| High Point Farm Airport | Frankfort | - | - | small_airport |
| Hisle Field | Winchester | - | - | small_airport |
| Hopkinsville Christian County Airport | Hopkinsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Jeffries Farm Airport | Crestwood | - | - | small_airport |
| John M. Foree Airport | New Castle | - | - | small_airport |
| John Wright Airport | Hickman | - | - | small_airport |
| Jordan Hill Farm Airport | Richmond | - | - | small_airport |
| Kentucky Dam State Park Airport | Calvert City | - | - | small_airport |
| Kitty Hawk Farm Ultralightport | Paint Lick | - | - | small_airport |
| Lake Barkley State Park Airport | Cadiz | - | - | small_airport |
| Lakeview Airport | Club Run | - | - | small_airport |
| Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field | Springfield | - | - | small_airport |
| Lee's Airpark | Somerset | - | - | closed |
| Lester Airfield | Sacramento | - | - | small_airport |
| Liberty-Casey County Airport | Liberty | - | - | small_airport |
| Lincoln Farm Airport | Hodgenville | - | - | small_airport |
| Lone Pine Aerodrome | Auburn | - | - | small_airport |
| Lowe Airport | Cadiz | - | - | small_airport |
| Lucas Field | Nicholasville | - | - | small_airport |
| Madi's Meadows Airport | Verona | - | - | small_airport |
| Madisonville Regional Airport | Madisonville | - | - | small_airport |
| Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport | Marion | - | - | small_airport |
| Mason Valley Airport | Taylorsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Mayfield Graves County Airport | Mayfield | - | - | small_airport |
| Mc Grew Airport | Clarkson | - | - | small_airport |
| McCreary County Airport | Pine Knot | - | - | small_airport |
| Middlesboro-Bell County Airport | Middlesboro | - | - | small_airport |
| Miles Airport | Owensboro | - | - | closed |
| Miles Field | Waddy | - | - | small_airport |
| Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport | Morehead | - | - | small_airport |
| Moseley Field | Calhoun | - | - | small_airport |
| Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport | Mount Sterling | - | - | small_airport |
| Mountain View Airfield | Winchester, | - | - | closed |
| Mueller Farm Airport | Verona | - | - | small_airport |
| Muhlenberg County Airport | Greenville | - | - | small_airport |
| Murray-Calloway County Airport Kyle-Oakley Field | Murray | CEY |
KCEY |
small_airport |
| Natchez Trace Farm Airport | Hiseville | - | - | small_airport |
| Ohio County Airport | Hartford | - | - | small_airport |
| One Oak Airport | Mount Sterling/Owingsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Owen Air Park | Owenton | - | - | small_airport |
| Oz Airport | Elizabethtown | - | - | small_airport |
| Paintsville-Prestonsburg-Combs Field | Paintsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Papaws Landing | Shelbyville | - | - | small_airport |
| Pike County Airport Hatcher Field | Pikeville | PVL |
KPBX |
small_airport |
| Pirates Cove Airport | Benton | - | - | small_airport |
| Plane-O-Field Airport | Bowling Green | - | - | closed |
| Princeton-Caldwell County Airport | Princeton | - | - | small_airport |
| Providence Webster County Airport | Providence | - | - | small_airport |
| Pumpkin Field | Clay City | - | - | small_airport |
| Renick Field | Winchester | - | - | small_airport |
| Robbins Roost Airport | Stanford | - | - | small_airport |
| Rogers International Airport | Kent | - | - | small_airport |
| Rooster Field | Shelbyville | - | - | small_airport |
| Rough River State Park Airport | Falls of Rough | - | - | small_airport |
| Rudenberg Field | Murray | - | - | small_airport |
| Russell County Airport | Jamestown | - | - | small_airport |
| Russellville Logan County Airport | Russellville | - | - | small_airport |
| Ryan Field | Verona | - | - | small_airport |
| Samuels Field | Bardstown | BRY |
KBRY |
small_airport |
| Samuels Springs Airport | Deatsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Sargents Field | West Liberty | - | - | small_airport |
| Schroder Airport | Owenton | - | - | small_airport |
| Skyfall Airport | Scottsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Socks Flyers Airport | California | - | - | small_airport |
| Soggy Bottom Farm Airport | Winchester | - | - | small_airport |
| Spring Creek Airpark | Albany | - | - | small_airport |
| Standard Field | Elkton | - | - | small_airport |
| Stanton Airport | Stanton | - | - | small_airport |
| Steele's Bottom Airport | Warsaw | - | - | small_airport |
| Stuart Powell Field | Danville | - | - | small_airport |
| Sturgis Municipal Airport | Sturgis | - | - | small_airport |
| Sunny Ridge Landing | Crittenden | - | - | small_airport |
| Sunrise Acres Airport | Petersburg | - | - | small_airport |
| TEC Field | London | - | - | small_airport |
| Taylor County Airport | Campbellsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Terry Field | Cunningham | - | - | small_airport |
| Tompkinsville Monroe County Airport | Tompkinsville | - | - | small_airport |
| Tradewater Airport | Dawson Springs | - | - | small_airport |
| Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport | Baxter | - | - | small_airport |
| Vine Grove Airport | Vine Grove | - | - | small_airport |
| Wayne County Airport | Monticello | - | - | small_airport |
| Weavers Run Airport | West Point | - | - | small_airport |
| Welcome Field | Franklin | - | - | small_airport |
| Wendell H Ford Airport | Chavies | - | - | small_airport |
| West Liberty Airport | West Liberty | - | - | small_airport |
| Wild Blue Airport | Paris | - | - | small_airport |
| Williams Airport | Hodgenville | - | - | small_airport |
| Williams Farm Airport | Mortons Gap | - | - | small_airport |
| Williamsburg Whitley County Airport | Williamsburg | - | - | small_airport |
| Willow Island Airpark | Finchville | - | - | small_airport |
| Womstead Field | Olive Hill | - | - | small_airport |
| Woodledge Farm Airport | Crestwood | - | - | small_airport |
| Woosley Airport | Rumsey | - | - | small_airport |
| Woosley Field Airport | Calhoun | - | - | small_airport |
| Zanzibar Farm Airport | Paris | - | - | small_airport |
Travel context
Travelers comparing flight options inside Kentucky should look beyond the obvious large_airport entry. Many travelers reflexively book through the biggest airport in their state, but for short-haul itineraries a closer medium_airport or small_airport can shave an hour off the total door-to-door time even when its ticket price is slightly higher. The opposite is also true for long-haul or international travel, where the broader carrier selection at the large_airport typically wins on both price and routing.
For multi-airport metropolitan areas, and several states have them, pay attention to which carrier alliance dominates each airport. A traveler with frequent-flyer status on one alliance will usually find the better experience at the alliance's home airport, even at the cost of a slightly longer drive.