Addington Field
EKX · KEKX · Elizabethtown, Kentucky · Hardin County · map
Addington Field is a public-use airport owned by Elizabethtown Airport Board, 4 miles west of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 776 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 64 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 4 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 16,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Addington Field?
Its FAA code is EKX, and its ICAO code is KEKX.
Where is Addington Field?
It is 4 miles west of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 776 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Addington Field?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,001 feet long, asphalt.
Does Addington Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Addington Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Addington Field?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Glasgow Municipal. Every route
Are there flight schools at Addington Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Cantrall Aviation Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Addington Field?
5 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Addington Field…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EKX · ICAO KEKX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Elizabethtown Airport Board
- Elevation
- 776 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1982
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 10 ft high 299 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 10 ft high 447 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.45 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.675 | |
| Ekx and aWOS-3 | 118.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 270-763-6433.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Samuels Field (22 nm east), Louisville Muhammad Ali International (31 nm north), Lebanon Springfield/George Hoerter Field (33 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kentucky · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Paja, birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 operates continuously.
- Donald wise.
- Taxiway D closed to aircraft with wingspan more than 50 feet or more than 12500 pounds gross weight.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from EKX in those twelve months, carrying 14 passengers in 16 seats (88% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addington Field → Glasgow Municipal EKX–GLW | 1 | 14 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 59 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,900 |
| general aviation, travelling | 6,700 |
| general aviation, local | 5,000 |
| military | 2,400 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Elizabethtown from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Elizabethtown, Kentucky: 31 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cantrall Aviation Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Elizabethtown
Repair stations in Elizabethtown:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 10 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 27 aircrew program designees.
- James Kiper private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Louisville Aviation/Air Base One · Louisville, KY (31 nm) · (502) 552-0078 · [email protected]
- Matthew Ryan Torgerson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, balloons · Louisville, KY (31 nm) · (502) 445-7947 · [email protected]
- Randall Sizemore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Air Base 4 · Louisville, KY (31 nm) · (502) 291-6971 · [email protected]
- Stephen Michael Graham private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kentucky Flight Training Center · Louisville, KY (31 nm) · (502) 641-2738 · [email protected]
- William Robert Mcdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kentucky Flight Training Center · Louisville, KY (31 nm) · (954) 325-8775 · [email protected]
All 47 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Elizabethtown 35 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets
- Elizabethtown Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- Cantrall Aviation Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Elizabethtown Flying Service INC · repair station
- Glasgow Municipal (GLW) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kentucky 702 since 1982 · 112 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kentucky 60 landing places
- Kentucky 2,985 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EKX.json.
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 23, 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.