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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) and about 26 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 7,395 takeoffs and landings a year.

Quick answers answers refresh every morning

What is the airport code for Glasgow Municipal?

Its FAA code is GLW, and its ICAO code is KGLW.

Where is Glasgow Municipal?

It is 2 miles northwest of Glasgow, Kentucky, 716 feet above sea level.

How long is the runway at Glasgow Municipal?

Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,302 feet long, asphalt.

Does Glasgow Municipal have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

What fuel can you buy at Glasgow Municipal?

The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.

Where can you fly nonstop from Glasgow Municipal?

Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Bowling Green-Warren County Regional. Every route

Are there flight schools at Glasgow Municipal?

One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Blue Barren Flight Club LLC. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Glasgow Municipal?

2 pilot examiners and 3 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 Glasgow Municipal…

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 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 and services
100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
On the chart
St Louis sectional
Magnetic variation
4W
In the FAA's files since
August 1962

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0826N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
08/265,302 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-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) · UNICOM122.8
Glw and aWOS-3118.525
Nashville and center (remote transmitter) Low133.85

Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 270-678-5787.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
Repairs
airframe and engine: minor repairs
Parking
tie-downs
Also here
air ambulance, flight instruction

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bowling Green-Warren County Regional (23 nm west), Lafayette Municipal (31 nm south), Douglas Hunter Field (36 nm southwest).

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

  • 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.

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

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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 GLW in those twelve months, carrying 14 passengers in 16 seats (88% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.

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

single-engine19multi-engine4helicopters3
Based aircraft, as a table
aircraft
single-engine19
multi-engine4
helicopters3
2different aircraft heard arriving or departing here in the last 7 days (17 in 30 days)

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 7,395, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

air taxi and commuter945general aviation, travelling2,250general aviation, local4,000military200
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
a year
air taxi and commuter945
general aviation, travelling2,250
general aviation, local4,000
military200

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 Glasgow from the FAA register

29 aircraft are registered to owners in Glasgow, Kentucky: 21 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, 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:

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

2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).

All 6 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.
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.

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 · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal

1992-01-02BFO92LA014 · Piper Pa-28-180 N40799 · accident · no injuries
1989-04-17DEN89LA109 · Cessna 310E N4127G · accident · no injuries
1984-12-20ATL85FA061 · Piper Pa-28-161 N6077H · accident · 1 killed

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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Who works here
Airlines fly from here to
Record
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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GLW.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 27, 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.