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KY8 Hancock County Airport/Ron Lewis Field
Lewisport, Kentucky, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 MARCH 2023

Location

FAA Identifier: KY8
Lat/Long: 37-57-15.1530N 086-51-21.5450W
37-57.252550N 086-51.359083W
37.9542092,-86.8559847
(estimated)
Elevation: 411.4 ft. / 125.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (2010)
From city: 3 miles NE of LEWISPORT, KY
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 42351

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 12/2007
Control tower: no
ARTCC: INDIANAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: LOUISVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LOU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT REIL RWY 05 & 23; MIRL RWY 5/23 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 05 & 23 OPR CONSLY.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3: 119.775 (270-295-3565)
EVANSVILLE APPROACH: 124.025
EVANSVILLE DEPARTURE: 124.025
WX AWOS-3PT at HNB (18 nm N): 118.250 (812-683-4003)
WX AWOS-3PT at OWB (20 nm SW): 119.025 (270-683-3228)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY INDIANAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 128.3/284.65 (EVANSVILLE RCAG) WHEN EVANSVILLE APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OWBr053/19.4OWENSBORO VOR/DME108.6004W
MYSr278/(29.2)MYSTIC VOR108.2001W

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A+
100LL:FUEL AVBL 24/7 WITH CC.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 5002 x 75 ft. / 1525 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Double wheel: 40.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 37-56.948823N37-57.556262N
Longitude: 086-51.710743W086-51.007368W
Elevation: 409.3 ft.411.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 046 magnetic, 043 true226 magnetic, 223 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.50 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
Obstructions: 9 ft. road, 468 ft. from runway, 29:1 slope to clear55 ft. tree, 1427 ft. from runway, 430 ft. right of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: HANCOCK COUNTY AIRPORT BOARD
500 AIRPORT ROAD
LEWISPORT, KY 42351
Phone 270-570-1976
TIM POWERS
Manager: TIM POWERS
500 AIRPORT ROAD
LEWISPORT, KY 42351
Phone 270-295-4100
AIRPORT BOARD CHAIRMAN TIM POWERS

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 18
Single engine airplanes: 18
    
Aircraft operations: avg 28/day *
49% local general aviation
44% transient general aviation
7% air taxi
1% military
* for 12-month period ending 08 November 2016

Additional Remarks

FOR CD CTC EVANSVILLE APCH AT 812-436-4690, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC INDIANAPOLIS ARTCC AT 317-247-2411.

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 from 23 March 2023 at 0901Z to 20 April 2023 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 05   download (206KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 23   download (220KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (159KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (370KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KTEL - Perry County Municipal Airport (9 nm NE)
KHNB - Huntingburg Airport (18 nm N)
KOWB - Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport (20 nm SW)
I93 - Breckinridge County Airport (22 nm SE)
KJQD - Ohio County Airport (30 nm S)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KY8 (Hancock County Airport/Ron Lewis Field)
Photo by Donn Wimmer
Photo taken 02-Jan-2008

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 01-Apr-2023
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0711:07
Sunrise06:3411:34
Sunset19:0900:09
Evening civil twilight19:3600:36

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  01-Apr-2023 11:42:43
Local (UTC-5)  01-Apr-2023 06:42:43
 
METAR
KKY8 011115Z AUTO 20016G23KT 10SM FEW050 FEW060 17/05 A2958 RMK A01
KHNB 
18nm N 
011056Z AUTO 20013G18KT 10SM CLR 14/06 A2956 RMK AO2 SLP008 T01440056
TAF
KHNB 
18nm N 
010540Z 0106/0206 24015G25KT P6SM SCT100 FM011100 25021G31KT P6SM SCT040 WS020/25045KT FM011300 26025G35KT P6SM SCT040 FM011500 27025G33KT P6SM BKN025 FM012100 30017G27KT P6SM BKN025 FM020100 29006KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040
KOWB 
20nm SW 
010520Z 0106/0206 25013G25KT P6SM SCT040 BKN110 TEMPO 0106/0108 -SHRA FM010900 26013G25KT P6SM FEW100 FM011300 27020G35KT P6SM FEW100 FM011700 28020G30KT P6SM BKN040 FM012200 30015G25KT P6SM BKN045 FM020100 33008KT P6SM SKC
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