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Airport in Hager Hill, Kentucky
Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field
Summary
Airport typePublicly owned, private use
OwnerPaintsville-Prestonsburg Air Board
ServesPaintsville / Prestonsburg
LocationHager Hill, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL624 ft / 190 m
Coordinates37°44′45″N 082°46′45″W / 37.74583°N 82.77917°W / 37.74583; -82.77917
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,070 936 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations5,830
Based aircraft10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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. The airport officially opened on August 1, 1964.

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. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 13/31 which measures 3,070 by 75 feet (936 by 23 meters).

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.

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