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Cartersville Airport

05KY · Berea, Kentucky · Garrard County · map

Cartersville Airport is a private airport, 8 miles west of Berea, Kentucky, 1,070 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 1,270 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 05KY
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,070 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, irreg
On the chart: Cincinnati sectional
In the FAA's files since: April 2006

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
02/20	1,270 × 75 ft	Grass

Runway 02: threshold displaced 150 ft, trees 50 ft high 100 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Berea from the FAA register

7 aircraft are registered to owners in Berea, Kentucky: 6 piston singles, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kentucky.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Central Kentucky Regional RGA · 7 nm northeast Stuart Powell Field DVK · 17 nm west Kitty Hawk Farm 2KY1 · 5 nm north · private St. Joseph Berea Heliport 5KY3 · 6 nm northeast · private Crawford 95KY · 7 nm south · private Garrard County Ema Heliport 91KY · 10 nm northwest · private Rockcastle Hospital INC Heliport 1KY5 · 11 nm south · private Fort Logan Hospital Heliport 8KY7 · 12 nm west · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR operations and pvt use.
By permission only.
Approach from northeast only to runway 20 only. Depart to northeast only runway 2.
Disp thld marked with concrete pads on edge.
Runway rises 40 feet at midfield - gradual 10% - one way in - one way out.
Power lines with visibilty marker balls

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.