Middlesboro–Bell County Airport, (FAA LID: 1A6) is a city-owned public-use airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district of Middlesboro, a city in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.[1]

Middlesboro–Bell County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 1A6
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	City of Middlesboro
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,154 ft / 352 m
Coordinates	36°36′36″N 083°44′14″W
Map
1A6 Location of airport in Kentucky Show map of Kentucky 1A6 1A6 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 3,631 1,107 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015) 18,900 Based aircraft (2018) 26
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned 1A6 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Middlesboro–Bell County Airport covers an area of 117 acres (47 ha) at an elevation of 1,154 feet (352 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt runway: 10/28 is 3,631 by 75 feet (1,107 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 27, 2015, the airport had 18,900 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. In July 2018, there were 26 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 2 helicopter and 6 ultralight.[1]

See also

• List of airports in Kentucky

References

External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for 1A6, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 1A6
  • AirNav airport information for 1A6
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1A6