Louisa County Airport | |
Nativename: | Freeman Field |
Iata: | LOW |
Icao: | KLKU |
Faa: | LKU |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Industrial Development Authority of Louisa Co. |
Location: | Louisa, Virginia |
Elevation-F: | 493 |
Elevation-M: | 150 |
Coordinates: | 38.0097°N -77.97°W |
Website: | https://louisacountyairport.org/ |
R1-Number: | 9/27 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,301 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,311 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2008 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 20,987 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Louisa County Airport, also known as Freeman Field, is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Louisa, a town in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LKU by the FAA and LOW by the IATA.[2]
Louisa County Airport covers an area of 171acres at an elevation of 493 feet (150 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 9/27 which measures 4,301 by 100 feet (1,311 x 30 m). There is a full-service FBO, Cavalier Aviation, LLC, on-site, with fuel and maintenance. For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2008, the airport had 20,987 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 2% military.
Louisa County Airport hosts several events throughout the year featuring airplane rides and introductory flight lessons.