Batesville Airport
HLB · KHLB · Batesville, Indiana · Franklin County · map
Batesville Airport is a public-use airport owned by East West Helicopter, INC., 3 miles northwest of Batesville, Indiana, 975 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,933 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Batesville Airport?
Its FAA code is HLB, and its ICAO code is KHLB.
Where is Batesville Airport?
It is 3 miles northwest of Batesville, Indiana, 975 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Batesville Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,933 feet long, asphalt.
Does Batesville Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Batesville Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Batesville Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 7 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 Batesville Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HLB · ICAO KHLB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- East West Helicopter, INC.
- Elevation
- 975 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm local
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,933 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 579 ft, trees 67 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the right, tree 27 ft high 250 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | · Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 128.7 | |
| Hlb and aWOS-3 | 124.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 812-933-0108.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Greensburg Municipal (12 nm west), Mettel Field (22 nm north), Cincinnati West Airport (23 nm east), North Vernon Airport (24 nm southwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Greensburg Municipal (12 nm west), Mettel Field (22 nm north), North Vernon Airport (24 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 Indiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Blast fence 10 feet from runway end; road 25 feet from runway end; crops 60 feet from runway end.
- Approach ratio 17:1 to dthr.
- Landing facility is fqtly used for med ambulance purposes.
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Batesville from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Batesville, Indiana: 14 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 turboprops. 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 Indiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Batesville:
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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 24 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- Troy Macvey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Milan, IN (14 nm) · (515) 509-7027 · [email protected]
- James Matthew Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Butler County Airport · Hamilton, OH (34 nm) · (513) 678-4197 · [email protected]
- Kevin Randall Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Butler County Regional Airport · Hamilton, OH (34 nm) · (513) 332-7016 · [email protected]
- James Carroll Buehler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · JET ACCESS INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL MQJ · Greenfield, IN (35 nm) · (317) 225-2757 · [email protected]
- Steven Edward Stombaugh private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jet Access · Greenfield, IN (35 nm) · (317) 272-6180 · [email protected]
- Cory Alexander Irwin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Indy South Greenwood Airport · Greenwood, IN (43 nm) · (812) 699-1711 · [email protected]
- Brian W Trapp private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (47 nm) · (513) 476-8359 · [email protected]
- Thomas Vearil private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (47 nm) · (513) 827-0280 · [email protected]
All 57 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-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 4 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 Batesville 19 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 turboprops
- Cloud Nine CORP 2 aircraft in town
- East West Helicopter INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 175 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,700 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HLB.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.