Tradewater Airport
8M7 · Dawson Springs, Kentucky · Hopkins County · map
Tradewater Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, 405 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,875 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8M7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 405 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,875 × 80 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: trees 36 ft high 7 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 67 ft high 784 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Dawson Springs from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Dawson Springs, Kentucky: 2 piston singles. 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 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.
- Located inside object free area 99.14 feet from runway centerline.
- 18/36 runway edges marked by white painted tires.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
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.