Gallatin County
8GK · Sparta, Kentucky · Gallatin County · map
Gallatin County is a public-use airport owned by Gallatin County, 1 mile north of Sparta, Kentucky, 830 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8GK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gallatin County
- Elevation
- 830 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2023
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.7 | |
| 8GK AWOS-3P | 119.15 |
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Aircraft registered in Sparta from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Sparta, KY as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 06 and 24: PAPI runway 06 and 24: medium-intensity runway lights 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- County judge landline.
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.