Lake Cumberland Regional Airport is a public use
airport
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located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the
central business district
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of
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, a city in
Pulaski County,
Kentucky
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,
United States
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.
The airport is owned by the city of Somerset and Pulaski County.
It also serves the area around
Lake Cumberland
Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton County, Kentucky, Clinton, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Pulaski, Russell County, Kentucky, Russell, Wayne County, Kentucky, Wayne, and Laurel County, Kentucky, Laurel, counties in Kentucky. The primary reaso ...
. It is mostly used for
general aviation
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, and from late 2008 until February 2010, was served by one commercial airline,
Locair. The $3 million federally funded passenger terminal was converted to the
FBO in September 2011. The Lake Cumberland Regional Airport is also home to Dicey Aviation, LLC, a full service flight training center that also offers scenic flights over the area.
The airport was renamed in 2008; it was formerly known as Somerset-Pulaski County Airport or J.T. Wilson Field.
Facilities and aircraft
Lake Cumberland Regional Airport covers an area of at an
elevation
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of 927 feet (283 m) above
mean sea level
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. It has one
asphalt
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paved
runway
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designated 5/23 which measures 5,801 by 100 feet (1,768 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2008, the airport had 27,605 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day: 99%
general aviation
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and 1%
military
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. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single-
engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power gen ...
,
14% multi-engine, 4%
jet
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Aerospace
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** Jet airliner
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* Jet Airways, an Indian airline
* Wind Jet (ICAO: JET), an Italian airline
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and 11%
helicopter
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.
Airlines and destinations
Lake Cumberland Regional Airport currently does not have commercial service.
References
External links
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Airports in Kentucky
Buildings and structures in Pulaski County, Kentucky
Transportation in Pulaski County, Kentucky