Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field

Airport in Hager Hill, Kentucky
Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field is located in Kentucky
Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field
Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,070 936 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations5,830
Based aircraft10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for 9KY9 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 27, 2009.
  2. ^ Airport information for 9KY9 PRESTONSBURG-COMBS FIELD. Fltplan.com. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.
  3. ^ 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

  • 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