Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field Explained

Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field
Faa:9KY9
Owner:Paintsville-Prestonsburg Air Board
City-Served:Paintsville / Prestonsburg
Location:Hager Hill, Kentucky
Elevation-F:624
Elevation-M:190
Pushpin Map:USA Kentucky
Coordinates:37.7458°N -82.7792°W
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:3,070
R1-Length-M:936
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2005
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:5,830
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:10
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field 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.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field covers an area of 25acres at an elevation of 624 feet (190 m) above mean sea level.[3] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 27, 2009.
  2. http://www.fltplan.com/AirportInformation/9KY9.htm Airport information for 9KY9 PRESTONSBURG-COMBS FIELD
  3. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=116:3:2967802117029920::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:517465%2CPaintsville-Prestonsburg%2FCombs%20Field Feature Detail Report for: Paintsville-Prestonsburg/Combs Field