Mount Sterling/Montgomery County
IOB · KIOB · Mount Sterling, Kentucky · Montgomery County · map
Mount Sterling/Montgomery County is a public-use airport owned by Mt Sterling-Montgomery County, 2 miles west of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, 1,020 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KIOB · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:36 pm EDT (17:36 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIOB 061935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/04 A3011 RMK AO2 PWINO
TAF KIOB 061736Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071500 25007KT P6SM SKC
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 IOB · ICAO KIOB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mt Sterling-Montgomery County
- Elevation
- 1,020 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1964
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 78 ft high 1,737 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 49 ft high 1,604 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.15 | |
| Iob and aWOS-3 | 120.675 | |
| Apt Remark 3 With Gco Freq | 121.72 | · Gco available on frequency 121.72 through lex clearance delivery. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 859-498-7001.
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 Mount Sterling from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Sterling, Kentucky: 16 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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 · 8 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
- Helicopter 1.1 NM and 1.9 NM northeast.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 21; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
- Gco available on frequency 121.72 through lex clearance delivery.
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.