Wayne County
EKQ · KEKQ · Monticello, Kentucky · Wayne County · map
Wayne County is a public-use airport owned by Wayne CO Arpt Board, 2 miles north of Monticello, Kentucky, 963 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KEKQ · observed 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KEKQ 061956Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 25/09 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02500094 PNO $
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 EKQ · ICAO KEKQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wayne CO Arpt Board
- Elevation
- 963 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm; unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 22 ft high 206 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 82 ft high 1,677 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ekq and aWOS-3PT | 118.825 | |
| London 2 Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 606-348-0862.
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 Monticello from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Monticello, Kentucky: 5 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. 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 · 1 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.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 21; PAPI runway 03/21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. Ltg preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Jerry cellphone
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
- Fence 249.5 feet L parallel to runway.
- Faded and algae covered
- Faded and algae covered
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.