Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A Thomas Regional
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Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A Thomas Regional is a public-use airport owned by Morehead-Rowan County Airport Board, 7 miles northwest of Morehead, Kentucky, 1,028 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 26 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,300 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KSYM · observed 6:44 pm EDT (22:44 UTC), 8 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (150°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 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 light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSYM 062244Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 20/05 A3004 RMK AO2
TAF KSYM 061736Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM SKC FM071500 24007KT 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 SYM · ICAO KSYM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Morehead-Rowan County Airport Board
- Elevation
- 1,028 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm; Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 2007
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 1,622 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 53 ft high 216 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Sym and aWOS-3 | 119.95 | |
| Portsmouth and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 606-780-0279.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,300, 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 Morehead from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Morehead, Kentucky: 21 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; PAPI runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Bruce mattingly
- Fuel service available H24 with credit card.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
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.