Hancock County/Ron Lewis Field
KY8 · Lewisport, Kentucky · Hancock County · map
Hancock County/Ron Lewis Field is a public-use airport owned by Hancock County Airport Board, 3 miles northeast of Lewisport, Kentucky, 411 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA KY8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Hancock County Airport Board
- Elevation
- 411 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 7:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 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
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2007
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 104 ft high 2,759 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 93 ft high 2,104 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.025 | |
| KY8 and aWOS-3 | 119.775 | |
| Evansville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 270-295-3565.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Lewisport from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Lewisport, Kentucky: 3 piston singles. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 5/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 operates continuously.
- Tim powers
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
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.