Welcome Field
35KY · Franklin, Kentucky · Simpson County · map
Welcome Field is a private airport owned by Cloudniner Aero Services, LLC, 3 miles west of Franklin, Kentucky, 695 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 35KY
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Cloudniner Aero Services, LLC
- Elevation
- 695 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,000 × 100 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Douglas Hunter Field (10 nm southeast), Russellville-Logan County (10 nm northwest), Springfield Robertson County (17 nm southwest), Bowling Green-Warren County Regional (18 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Douglas Hunter Field (10 nm southeast), Russellville-Logan County (10 nm northwest), Springfield Robertson County (17 nm southwest), Bowling Green-Warren County Regional (18 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kentucky · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR operations only
- Power lines 2200FT east. Of field
- Low-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 out of service indefinitely.
- Glider act.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Franklin from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Franklin, Kentucky: 19 helicopters, 11 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Franklin 34 aircraft · 19 helicopters, 11 piston singles, 2 drones
- Sierra Aeronautics LLC 18 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kentucky 702 since 1982 · 112 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kentucky 60 landing places
- Kentucky 2,981 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/35KY.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.