Lake Cumberland Regional
SME · KSME · Somerset, Kentucky · Pulaski County · map
Lake Cumberland Regional is a public-use airport owned by Somerset-Pulaski County, 3 miles south of Somerset, Kentucky, 927 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,801 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KSME · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:36 pm EDT (17:36 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSME 062155Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 25/06 A3001 RMK AO2
TAF KSME 061736Z 0618/0718 00000KT P6SM SKC FM071500 23006KT 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 SME · ICAO KSME
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Somerset-Pulaski County
- Elevation
- 927 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,801 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 514 ft, 5,287 ft available for landing, tree 13 ft high 289 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, 5,500 ft available for landing, tree 17 ft high 281 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Sme and aWOS-3 | 120.050 | |
| London 2 Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 606-679-5710.
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 Somerset from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Somerset, Kentucky: 15 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 3 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 · 10 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
- Index a rescue and firefighting (ARFF) equip available on required. Closed to unscheduled air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 8:1 to dthr.
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.