Pirates Cove Airport
42KY · Benton, Kentucky · Marshall County · map
Pirates Cove Airport is a private airport owned by Owners Assn Pirates Cove, 9 miles southeast of Benton, Kentucky, 380 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,544 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 42KY
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Owners Assn Pirates Cove
- Elevation
- 380 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,544 × 32 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 36: trees 50 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Benton from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Benton, Kentucky: 17 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 2 business jets. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 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
- VFR only.
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.