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Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport

Coordinates: 36°51′34″N 83°21′30″W / 36.85944°N 83.35833°W / 36.85944; -83.35833
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Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorHarlan County
LocationHarlan County, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL1,564.1 ft / 476.7 m
Coordinates36°51′34″N 83°21′30″W / 36.85944°N 83.35833°W / 36.85944; -83.35833
Map
I35 is located in Kentucky
I35
I35
Location of airport in Kentucky
I35 is located in the United States
I35
I35
I35 (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,461 1,055 Asphalt
Source: AirNav.com[1]

Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport (FAA LID: I35) is a public use airport in Harlan County, Kentucky, located 2 miles northwest of Harlan. The airport was opened to the public in 1961.[1] The airport was named for M. L. Tucker and Pete Guthrie. Tucker was an aviation enthusiast who helped pick the location of the airport, while Guthrie was killed in a crash at the old Harlan County airport in Putney.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

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Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 3461 x 75 feet (1055 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending September 1, 2022, the airport had 7,480 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 86% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 7% military.[3] As of June 22, 2024, 10 aircraft were based at this airport: 7 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.[1]

Accidents and incidents

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  • November 3, 2022: A Beechcraft A36 Bonanza crashed short of Runway 8 while attempting to land at the airport. The lone occupant, a local doctor, was killed in the crash. The NTSB concluded that the crash occurred due to poor visibility and a lack of planning for the weather by the pilot.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport". airnav.com. AirNav. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Molley, John. "State Will Give $76,000 To Harlan County's New Airport". newspapers.com. Kentucky Advocate. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport". aopa.org. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Estep, Bill. "Pilot may not have gotten weather briefing before fatal crash at Kentucky airport, report says". kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
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