Morehead-Rowan County Airport was a public

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located six nautical miles (11 km) southwest of the

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of Morehead, a city in Rowan County,

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. It was owned by the Morehead-Rowan County Airport Board. In 2003, the airport board began construction on the

Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport , is a public airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Morehead, a city in Rowan County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the Mo ...

. The new airport, built to accommodate a longer runway, is located seven nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the city at . The new airport opened in 2007, which resulted in the closure of the old airport.Morehead-Rowan County Airport: Services

Facilities and aircraft

Morehead-Rowan County Airport covered an area of . It contained one

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designated 5/23 with an

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surface measuring 2,600 x 75 ft (792 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 28, 2002, the airport had 5,300 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 92%

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, 4%

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and 4% military.

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* {{US-airport-minor, I32 Defunct airports in the United States Airports in Kentucky Buildings and structures in Rowan County, Kentucky