Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field
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| Airport type | Publicly owned, private use | ||||||||||
| Owner | Paintsville-Prestonsburg Air Board | ||||||||||
| Serves | Paintsville / Prestonsburg | ||||||||||
| Location | Hager Hill, Kentucky | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 624 ft / 190 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°44′45″N 082°46′45″W / 37.74583°N 82.77917°W | ||||||||||
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Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field (FAA LID: 9KY9) is a publicly owned, private-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Paintsville, in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the Paintsville-Prestonsburg Air Board which also serves Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Kentucky.[1] The airport officially opened on August 1, 1964.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field covers an area of 25 acres (10 ha) at an elevation of 624 feet (190 m) above mean sea level.[1][3] It has one asphalt paved runway designated 13/31 which measures 3,070 by 75 feet (936 by 23 meters).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 21, 2005, the airport had 5,830 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 3,000 itinerant general aviation, 1,500 local general aviation, 1,300 air taxi and 30 military. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engined.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for 9KY9 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 27, 2009.
- ^ Airport information for 9KY9 PRESTONSBURG-COMBS FIELD. Fltplan.com. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.
- ^ Feature Detail Report for: Paintsville-Prestonsburg/Combs Field. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey (USGS). Retrieved on October 5, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Aerial photo on March 16, 1995 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 9KY9
- AirNav airport information for 9KY9
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 9KY9