Glasgow Municipal
GLW · KGLW · Glasgow, Kentucky · Barren County · map
Glasgow Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Glasgow Airport Board, 2 miles northwest of Glasgow, Kentucky, 716 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,302 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KGLW · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KGLW 062015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/06 A3003 RMK AO2 T02560063
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 GLW · ICAO KGLW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Glasgow Airport Board
- Elevation
- 716 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,302 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, 5,000 ft available for landing, trees 29 ft high 993 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 301 ft, 5,000 ft available for landing, road 24 ft high 570 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Glw and aWOS-3 | 118.525 | |
| Nashville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 270-678-5787.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Glasgow from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Glasgow, Kentucky: 20 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 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 · 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Turkey on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 8 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Sam chambers
- Approach ratio 34:1 to dthr.
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.