Bowman Field
LOU · KLOU · Louisville, Kentucky · Jefferson County · map
Bowman Field is a public-use airport owned by the Regional Airport Auth, 5 miles southeast of Louisville, Kentucky, 546 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 4,358 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLOU · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KLOU 061953Z 10006KT 10SM CLR 23/05 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02330050
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 LOU · ICAO KLOU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Regional Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 546 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 10:00 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
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,358 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 3,580 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 848 ft, 3,469 ft available for landing, tree 29 ft high 202 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 310 ft, 3,856 ft available for landing, tree 13 ft high 378 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 206 ft, 3,373 ft available for landing, fence 10 ft high 187 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 342 ft, 3,125 ft available for landing, road 22 ft high 388 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · VFR and adzy | 119.5 | Bowman |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.15 | Bowman |
| Clearance delivery | 118.9 | Bowman |
| Ground | 121.8 | Bowman |
| Approach and departure | 132.075 | Bowman |
| Louisville and rco | 122.2 | Louisville · Communications provided by Louisville radio on frequency 122.2 (Louisville rco). |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 502-473-0693.
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 Louisville from the FAA register
625 aircraft are registered to owners in Louisville, Kentucky: 212 piston singles, 198 airliners and large jets, 127 business jets, 46 balloons, 19 piston twins. 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 · 37 since 1982, 4 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 medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- 8 feet fence 108 feet from runway end; 956 feet from dthr. Road 159 feet from runway end; 1007 feet from dthr.
- +8 feet fence 188 feet from runway end; 394 feet from dthr.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp
- Clear 53:1 approach to dthr.
- Clear 33:1 approach to dthr.
- 6 feet path and golf carts.
- Stage 3 compliance required for turbojet; prior permission required ovr 30000 LB gross weight - amgr.
- Training operations NA when the control tower closed.
- Obstructions and trees in all approach surfaces.
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.