Wendell H Ford Airport
CPF · KCPF · Hazard, Kentucky · Perry County · map
Wendell H Ford Airport is a public-use airport owned by Hazard-Perry County Board, 10 miles northwest of Hazard, Kentucky, 1,257 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,499 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KCPF · observed 4:35 pm EDT (20:35 UTC), 1 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCPF 062035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/05 A3008 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CPF · ICAO KCPF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Hazard-Perry County Board
- Elevation
- 1,257 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1983
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,499 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,246 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 14: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, hangar 20 ft high 638 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 22 ft high 247 ft from the end
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 200 ft
- Runway 24: threshold displaced 270 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Cpf and aWOS-3 | 119.025 | |
| Lynch and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 606-435-2452.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Hazard from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Hazard, Kentucky: 6 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop. 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32- the common traffic frequency.
- Ramp fees.
- Closed daily sunset to sunrise; both runway ends have 300 feet drop off.
- Trees and brush 25 feet from surface end both sides.
- PAPI runway 32 unusable beyond 2.5 NM; PAPI runway 32 unusable beyond 7 degreess right and beyond 5 degreess left of ctnrln.
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.