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Paintsville-Prestonsburg-Combs Field

9KY9 · Paintsville, Kentucky · Johnson County · map

Paintsville-Prestonsburg-Combs Field is a private airport owned by Paintsville-Prestonburg Air Board, 4 miles southeast of Paintsville, Kentucky, 625 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,239 feet of asphalt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 9KY9
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Owner
Paintsville-Prestonburg Air Board
Elevation
625 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Cincinnati sectional
Magnetic variation
4W
In the FAA's files since
August 1964

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1331N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
13/313,239 × 75 ftAsphalt, good
  • Runway 13: trees 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
  • Runway 31: trees 57 ft high 610 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

UNICOM122.8

Aircraft registered in Paintsville from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Paintsville, 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

  • VFR only
  • Airport located in mtn river valley. Dfclt approaches to runway.
  • Air board chairman larry short
  • Runway 13 20 feet trees 150 feet from runway end and 60 feet left.
  • 12 feet trees 150 feet from runway end and 45 feet left.
  • Runway 13 has 300-500 feet hills 3000 feet from runway end.

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.