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KEKX Addington Field Airport
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: EKX
Lat/Long: 37-41-09.6000N / 085-55-30.1000W
37-41.160000N / 085-55.501667W
37.6860000 / -85.9250278
(estimated)
Elevation: 775 ft. / 236.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (2005)
From city: 4 miles W of ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 42701

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1982
Sectional chart: ST LOUIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: INDIANAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: LOUISVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LOU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-DUSK, ALL SAT-SUN 0900-1800
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 05/23 PRESET LOW INTST & REIL RYS 05 & 23 OPER DUSK-DAWN; TO INCR INTST MIRL RY 05/23 & ACTVT REIL RYS 05 & 23 - CTAF. PAPI RYS 05 & 23 OPER 24 HRS.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 121.025 (270-763-6433)
LOUISVILLE APPROACH: 123.675(WEST) 132.075(EAST)
LOUISVILLE DEPARTURE: 123.675(WEST) 132.075(EAST)
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 119.45
IC: 132.075(EAST)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
EWOr284/12.3NEW HOPE VOR/DME110.8001E
FTKr171/13.5FORT KNOX VOR/DME109.6001W
MYSr130/(19.6)MYSTIC VOR108.2001W
IIUr212/30.0LOUISVILLE VORTAC114.8001E
BQMr202/34.9BOWMAN VOR/DME112.2001W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
GODMAN173/16.539602WGOI --. --- ..
SPRINGFIELD278/32.842903WIKY .. -.- -.--
TAYLOR COUNTY300/36.627202WTYC - -.-- -.-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 6001 x 100 ft. / 1829 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 35.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Gradient: SOUTHWEST.
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 37-40.821000N37-41.499833N
Longitude: 085-55.954500W085-55.050000W
Elevation: 749.8 ft.774.9 ft.
Gradient: 0.4% UP0.4% DOWN
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 050 magnetic, 047 true230 magnetic, 227 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: LOC/DME
Obstructions: 82 ft. tree, 2350 ft. from runway, 300 ft. right of centerline, 26:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ELIZABETHTOWN AIRPORT BOARD
1828 KITTY HAWK DR
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY 42701
Phone 520-624-8672
AIR BOARD CHAIRMAN JOSEPH YATES.
Manager: ROGER LAWSON
ELIZABETHTOWN AIRPORT BOARD, 1828 KITTY HAWK DR
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY 42701
Phone 270-737-8388
ALSO 270-769-9100.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 60
Single engine airplanes: 49
Multi engine airplanes: 8
Helicopters: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 34/day *
52% transient general aviation
37% local general aviation
8% air taxi
2% military
* for 12-month period ending 15 September 2005

Additional Remarks

DEER AND BIRDS ON AND INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 25 September 2008 at 0901Z and 23 October 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 05   download (229KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 23   download (200KB)
LOC RWY 05   download (268KB)
VOR-A   download (219KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (27KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KFTK - Godman Army Airfield (13 nm N)
KBRY - Samuels Field Airport (22 nm E)
KSDF - Louisville International Airport-Standiford Field (31 nm N)
6I2 - Lebanon-Springfield Airport (33 nm E)
KLOU - Bowman Field Airport (35 nm N)
 
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From to KEKX

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2611:26
Sunrise07:5211:52
Sunset19:0723:07
Evening civil twilight19:3423:34

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Oct-2008 23:46:05
Local (UTC-4)  13-Oct-2008 19:46:05
 
METAR
KFTK 
12nm N 
132255Z 21005KT 10SM BKN045 BKN130 25/17 A3028 RMK AO2A SLP252 T02460170
TAF
KFTK 
12nm N 
131717 16008KT 9999 FEW250 QNH3022INS TEMPO 1722 18010G15KT T31/20Z T16/09Z
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Elizabethtown Flying Service 270-737-8388
no information available

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FS 
100LL 
$6.55 
Jet A 
$6.30 
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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AirNav users who flew into KEKX have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
DAYS INN ELIZABETHTOWN KY 5.3 63-75
SUPER 8 MOTEL- ELIZABETHTOWN 5.4 62-63
COUNTRY HEARTH INN 5.3 70-86
LA QUINTA INN ELIZABETHTOWN 5.3 80-100
 

Other hotels near Addington Field Airport

Miles Price ($)
KENTUCKY CARDINAL INN ELIZABETH 4.2 57-67
FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES BY MARRIOTT ELIZABETHTOWN 5.3 99
BAYMONT INN & SUITES OF ELIZABETHTOWN 5.3 56-57
COMFORT SUITES 5.3 
RAMADA ELIZABETHTOWN 5.3 69-79
BEST WESTERN ATRIUM GARDENS 5.3 60-140
COMFORT INN ELIZABETHTOWN 5.3 90-95

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Addington Field Airport

11 in Elizabethtown
4 in Radcliff
 

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