Pike County Airport Hatcher Field |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Pike County Regional Airport Board | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Pikeville, Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,473 ft / 449 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°33′42″N 082°33′59″W / 37.56167°N 82.56639°W | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 8,722 |
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Based aircraft | 23 |
Pike County Airport (IATA: PVL, ICAO: KPBX, FAA LID: PBX), also known as Hatcher Field, is a public-use airport in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the Pike County Regional Airport Board and located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Pikeville, Kentucky. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
From October 24, 2014 to July 24, 2015 Pike County Airport had nonstop scheduled airline service called Appalachian Air to Nashville International Airport. The service was operated by Corporate Flight Management on Jetstream 31 aircraft.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PBX by the FAA but has been assigned PVL from the IATA.
Pike County-Hatcher Field covers an area of 46 acres (19 ha) at an elevation of 1,473 feet (449 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 5,350 by 100 feet (1,631 x 30 m) and 2/20 is 3,600 by 75 feet (1,097 x 23 m). Only runway 9/27 is open for aircraft operations; runway 2/20 is closed indefinitely.