Louisa County/Freeman Field
LKU · KLKU · Louisa, Virginia · Louisa County · map
Louisa County/Freeman Field is a public-use airport owned by the County of Louisa, 2 miles southeast of Louisa, Virginia, 494 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLKU · observed 4:35 pm EDT (20:35 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 38°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 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 KLKU 062035Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 18/03 A3013 RMK AO2 T01810031
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 LKU · ICAO KLKU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Louisa
- Elevation
- 494 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1987
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,300 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 1,147 ft from the end
- Runway 27: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 120.525 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.85 | |
| Lku and aWOS-3 | 119.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 540-967-1983.
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 Louisa from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Louisa, Virginia: 13 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 glider. 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 Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 2 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
- Beacon located on water tower; north side approach runway 27.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09/27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 3 feet pvc gas line marker located approximately 26 feet from runway 09 thld, 54 feet left of centerline.
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.