Sturgis Municipal
TWT · KTWT · Sturgis, Kentucky · Union County · map
Sturgis Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Union County Air Board, 2 miles east of Sturgis, Kentucky, 372 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KTWT · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KTWT 062115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/08 A3000 RMK AO2 T02510079 $
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 TWT · ICAO KTWT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Union County Air Board
- Elevation
- 372 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 66 ft high 1,635 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.025 | |
| Twt and aWOS-3P | 118.775 | |
| Paducah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 270-333-2967.
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 Sturgis from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Sturgis, Kentucky: 3 drones, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 · 1 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
- VFR only
- Actv runway end identifier lights runway 01 and 19; PAPI runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 1/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) landline
- Available H24 with credit card.
- Available H24 with credit card.
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.