Russell County
K24 · Jamestown, Kentucky · Russell County · map
Russell County is a public-use airport owned by Russell County Airport Board, 2 miles northwest of Jamestown, Kentucky, 1,010 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,010 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K24
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Russell County Airport Board
- Elevation
- 1,010 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, on
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1994
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,010 × 78 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 118 ft high 3,883 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 1,801 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| K24 and aWOS-3P | 119.6 | |
| New Hope Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 270-343-5556.
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 Jamestown from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Jamestown, Kentucky: 2 piston singles, 1 business jet. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- Provided VFR only; clear 20:1 approach slope for each runway; russel County airport Russell springs KY closed concurrently; airport designed iaw AC 150/4300-13.
- Ctn: drag strip 1 MI northeast may be mistaken for runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Available H24 with credit card.
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.