Pike County/Hatcher Field
PBX · KPBX · Pikeville, Kentucky · Pike County · map
Pike County/Hatcher Field is a public-use airport owned by Pike County Reg Arpt Board, 6 miles northwest of Pikeville, Kentucky, 1,464 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,356 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KPBX · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 KPBX 062055Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A3008 RMK AO2 T02160073
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 PBX · ICAO KPBX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pike County Reg Arpt Board
- Elevation
- 1,464 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm; Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1983
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,356 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,455 × 75 ft | Asphalt, failed |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 350 ft, 4,650 ft available for landing, tree 10 ft high 204 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 350 ft, 4,650 ft available for landing, tree 30 ft high 379 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Pbx and aWOS-3PT | 121.225 | |
| Pikeville and rco | 122.5 | Pikeville |
| Lynch and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 606-437-6701.
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 Pikeville from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Pikeville, Kentucky: 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 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 · 5 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
- VFR use only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Service aft hour - amgr.
- Winter hour MON-FRI 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.
- Bill hickman.
- Closed indefinitely.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Approach ratio 43:1 to dthr
- Mult dips in runway.
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.