Louisville Muhammad Ali International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 17R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 846 ft, 10,000 ft available for landing
• Runway 35L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 1,040 ft, 10,000 ft available for landing
• Runway 17L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 328 ft, 7,800 ft available for landing
• Runway 35R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 449 ft, 7,800 ft available for landing
• Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,946 ft available for landing, building 55 ft high 1,375 ft from the end
• Runway 29: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 502-676-6814.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bowman Field (5 nm northeast), Clark Regional (12 nm north), Samuels Field (24 nm southeast).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kentucky · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• Existed prior to 1959.
• Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
• Engineered material arresting system (emas) with 581 feet setback 219 feet in length by 178 feet in width located at the der 29.
• Taxiway east intersection departure 7700 feet available.
• Standard departure points at taxiway B8 and taxiway A8. Requireds use of runway 17R extn. Takeoff at taxiway B8 asda/tora/toda 10245 feet.
• Standard departure points at taxiway a and taxiway B; requireds use of runway 35L extn; takeoff at taxiway a and taxiway B asda/tora/toda 10250 feet.
• Taxiway E2 intersection departure 6300 feet available.
• Ctn: const in prog; fqt runway and taxiway closures psbl.
• ANG/123TAC recon.
• Line up and wait waiver in effect sunset to sunrise at int of runway 17R at taxiway B8 or at taxiway A8 and int of runway 35L at taxiway a or at taxiway B.
• Ang: duty hour 1200-2000Z/DT 1300-2100Z MON-THU; 1200-1800Z/DT 1300-1900Z Friday. Apvl authorized 123 AW/ogc; base operations D741-4581/4584/ C502-413-4581/4584. Eng start and taxi clnc - derby operations.
• Tail height 65 feet or gtr 24 hour prior permission required.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 173,986, 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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in Louisville from the FAA register

627 aircraft are registered to owners in Louisville, Kentucky: 212 piston singles, 198 airliners and large jets, 129 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kentucky.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Flight Club 502 INC 12 aircraft · Louisville
• Double Eagle Flyers LLC 3 aircraft · Louisville Double Eagle Aviation is a Part 61 flight school offering flight instruction from Private Pilot to Certified Flight Instructor and Certified Flight Instructor Instrument levels.
• Bowman Field Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Louisville Bowman Eagles Flying Club is a taildragger-only flying club based at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Feathered Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Louisville
• Stratospheric Flyers Group INC 1 aircraft · Louisville
• Kentucky Flight Training Center LLC 1 aircraft · Mount Washington, 13 miles away Kentucky Flight Training Center is a flight school offering accelerated airline pilot training programmes from zero flight time to airline pilot certification.

Charter operators and airlines based in Louisville:

• Privateflite Aviation LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate Private FLITE Charters is a private jet charter broker that arranges on-demand charter flights worldwide through a network of approved aircraft operators.
• FliteAccess, LLC. 7 aircraft on the certificate FliteAccess is a charter operator based in Louisville, Kentucky, serving the Louisville, Lexington, Cincinnati areas and beyond.

Repair stations in Louisville (12 of 13, all of them):

• Aerotech of Louisville, LLC. Aerotech of Louisville is an FAA-approved repair station specializing in the overhaul, repair, and distribution of aircraft charging and starting system accessories for general, corporate, and military aviation.
• Aircraft Component Services INC
• Aviation Services INC
• Aviation Technology INC
• Barfield INC
• Cargo Repair LLC
• Central American Airways Flying Service INC
• Cliff Cherry Machine CO. Cliff Cherry Machine is a Part 145 FAA-approved repair station in Louisville, Kentucky, specializing in aircraft wheel and brake component repair.
• Goodrich Corporation Wheel and Brake Services
• Radiance Engineering LLC
• Satco INC
• T.T. Repairs, LLC.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 1 fatal

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles