Ashland Regional
DWU · KDWU · Ashland, Kentucky · Greenup County · map
Ashland Regional is a public-use airport owned by Ashland Regional Airport Board, 6 miles northwest of Ashland, Kentucky, 547 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,402 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DWU · ICAO KDWU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ashland Regional Airport Board
- Elevation
- 547 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1948
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,402 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 20 ft high 215 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 30 ft high 224 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.4 | |
| Dwu and aWOS-3PT | 132.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 606-836-2682.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Ashland from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Ashland, Kentucky: 6 piston singles, 4 drones, 3 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 business jet. 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 · 5 since 1982, 2 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 10 and 28 on continuously.
- David mansfield
- Cellphone
- Brad mcginis - board chair
- Rdo tower located 10560 feet from runway end.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.