Barkley Regional
PAH · KPAH · Paducah, Kentucky · Mc Cracken County · map
Barkley Regional is a public-use airport owned by Barkley Regional Airport Authority, 9 miles west of Paducah, Kentucky, 410 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 40 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 23,562 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12,987 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KPAH · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:08 pm CDT (18:08 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPAH 062153Z 12004KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02560078
TAF KPAH 061808Z 0618/0718 10006KT P6SM SKC FM070000 00000KT 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 PAH · ICAO KPAH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Barkley Regional Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 410 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 6:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,499 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), pole 37 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 28 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 100 ft, 5,399 ft available for landing, tree 26 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, 5,324 ft available for landing, trees 71 ft high 1,175 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.6 | Paducah |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Paducah |
| Pah and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 | |
| Paducah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 | Paducah |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 270-366-0642.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 23,562, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Paducah from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Paducah, Kentucky: 21 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 business jets, 1 turboprop, 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 · 7 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; runway end identifier lights runway 23 and 32; PAPI runway 23 &32; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; taxiway lights; lighted wind cone - the common traffic frequency.
- Aircraft operations not vsb from opposite runway ends due to grade.
- Surface condition not mntd 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. Wet surface condition not rprtd.
- Airport mntns index a; index B available upon required.
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.