Godman Army Airfield
FTK · KFTK · Fort Knox, Kentucky · Hardin County · map
Godman Army Airfield is a private airport owned by the US Army Atca-Aso, 1 mile west of Fort Knox, Kentucky, 754 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,184 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KFTK · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 44°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC), good until Wed 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC)
- From Tue 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC): wind light and variable, am dust storm, clear skies
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFTK 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02330065 $
TAF KFTK 061900Z 0619/0801 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH2990INS TX25/0620Z TN09/0712Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 0620 NEXT 0711
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 FTK · ICAO KFTK
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Atca-Aso
- Elevation
- 754 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1230-0400z++ mon-sat; closed weekends and holidays. contact godman advisory.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,184 × 150 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,853 × 75 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, short approach lights with alignment lights (SSALR)
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 133.35 | Godman |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 109.6 | Godman |
| Ground | 121.9 | Godman |
| Approach and departure | 123.675 | Godman |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Godman |
| Operations · Pre-taxi clearance | 126.2 | Godman |
| Pilot-to-weather (military) and metro | 139.65 | Godman · Full service durg fcst hour. |
Aircraft registered in Fort Knox from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Knox, Kentucky: 1 piston single. 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
- Rotating beacon located on the control tower.
- 233.7
- Activate ssalr runway 18; odals runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18; PAPI runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. 0400-1200Z++.
- Pattern altitude west of airfield: 1500 feet above ground level rotary wing, 2300 feet above ground level fixed wing, 2300 feet ovhd.
- See flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmk.
- Deer and coyote in the vicinity of airport spcly 1 hour prior sunrise and sunset.
- Transient aircraft parking on green ramp unless altn parking coord. C-130 and lrgr park on concrete pad btw taxiway a and B.
- Misc: range information - 38.90; 136.075.
- Misc: IR light instl approach end runway 15 assault strip.
- See flip AP/1 and feet Knox reg 95-1 supplementary airport information.
- Comm: air to air uhf 237.5 WI Fort Knox asp.
- Comm: ptd operations 1230-2100Z++ MON-FRI; closed holidays. Ptd - 126.2, 234.4; ATIS - 109.6; lousiville app/departure 132.075, 327.0.
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.