Middlesboro–Bell County Airport

Middlesboro–Bell County Airport, (FAA LID: 1A6) is a city-owned public-use airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district of Middlesboro, a city in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.[1]

Middlesboro–Bell County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of Middlesboro
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL1,154 ft / 352 m
Coordinates36°36′36″N 083°44′14″W
Map
1A6
Location of airport in Kentucky
1A6
1A6 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,631 1,107 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015)18,900
Based aircraft (2018)26

Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned 1A6 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Middlesboro–Bell County Airport covers an area of 117 acres (47 ha) at an elevation of 1,154 feet (352 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt runway: 10/28 is 3,631 by 75 feet (1,107 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 27, 2015, the airport had 18,900 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. In July 2018, there were 26 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 2 helicopter and 6 ultralight.[1]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1A6 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 19, 2018.
  2. "Middlesboro–Bell County Airport". airnav.com. AirNav. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
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