Middlesboro–Bell County Airport
Airport
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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 | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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  1A6 Location of airport in Kentucky  1A6 1A6 (the United States) | |||||||||||
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| 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 3,633 by 75 feet (1,107 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 25, 2019, the airport had 17,550 aircraft operations, an average of 48 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 24 single-engine, and 4 multi-engine.[1]