Middlesboro/Bell County
1A6 · Middlesboro, Kentucky · Bell County · map
Middlesboro/Bell County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Middlesboro & Bell County, 1 mile west of Middlesboro, Kentucky, 1,154 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,633 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1A6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Middlesboro & Bell County
- Elevation
- 1,154 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,633 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 230 ft, trees 92 ft high 535 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 81 ft, road 12 ft high 223 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| 1A6 AWOS-3 | 119.425 | |
| London 2 Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 606-248-3095.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Middlesboro from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Middlesboro, Kentucky: 4 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 7 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28 on continuously; daylight only.
- Daylight operations only.
- 10 feet berm 230 feet from runway end 110 feet R; +4 feet fence 157 feet from runway end; +17 feet road 183 feet from runway end.
- Faded and algae cvrd.
- Faded and algae cvrd.
- Approach ratio 8:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 25:1 to dthr.
- 4 feet fence 220 feet from runway end; 200 feet L and R.
- Trees both sides of runway violate 7:1 transitional surfaces.
- Narrow taxiways may require LG aircraft to back taxi to/FR apron.
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.