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).
Weather right now KHLB · observed 5:05 pm EDT (21:05 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KHLB 062105Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 21/05 A3005 RMK A01
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 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
- Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.