Hopkinsville-Christian County
HVC · KHVC · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Christian County · map
Hopkinsville-Christian County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hopkinsville, 2 miles east of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 564 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,505 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KHVC · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KHVC 061935Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM 27/06 A3002 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 HVC · ICAO KHVC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hopkinsville
- Elevation
- 564 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; SA to SU, on call
- 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1952
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,505 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 98 ft high 1,518 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 1,682 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.1 | |
| Hvc and aWOS-3 | 132.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 270-886-6311.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Hopkinsville from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Hopkinsville, Kentucky: 22 piston singles, 9 drones, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 gyroplanes. 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 Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency
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.