Lake Cumberland Fly-In Season
Planning a trip to Lake Cumberland? Russell County Airport (K24) is your gateway. Call ahead for tie-down and hangar availability.
RUSSELL COUNTY AIRPORT · K24 · JAMESTOWN, KY
The gateway to Lake Cumberland, from the air.
A public-use general-aviation field with a 5,010-foot runway, around-the-clock self-serve 100LL & Jet-A, and southern Kentucky's biggest lake minutes off the departure end.
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IDENTK24KK24 · Public GA
RUNWAY17/355,010 x 78 ft · Asphalt
CTAF / UNICOM123.000Self-announce
AWOS-3P119.625On-field weather
ELEVATION1,010′MSL
FUEL100LL · Jet-ASelf-serve, 24 hr
PILOT INFORMATION
Everything you need on the approach.
K24 has no on-field ASOS in the national feed, so we show live METAR from the nearest reporting station, plus the on-field AWOS-3P you can tune on arrival.
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CTAF / UNICOM123.000
On-field AWOS-3P119.625
Runway17/35 · 5,010 x 78 ft
Surface / LightingAsphalt · MIRL · PAPI · REIL
Field elevation1,010′ MSL
Pattern altitude2,010 MSL / 1,000 AGL
Fuel100LL · Jet-A · 24 hr
AttendedDaily 0900–1700
Charts & briefing
Weather shown is from the nearest official reporting station and is advisory only. Always obtain a standard briefing and check current NOTAMs before flight.
JAMESTOWN · RUSSELL COUNTY, KY
A real Kentucky airport, run by the people who fly here.
Russell County Airport opened in January 1994 to give the Lake Cumberland region a modern front door from the sky. Today it's a single, well-kept asphalt runway, 17/35 at 5,010 by 78 feet, sitting 1,010 feet up, owned and operated by the seven-member Russell County Airport Board.
Thirteen aircraft call K24 home, from single-engine trainers to a based jet, and the field handles roughly nine thousand operations a year. Transient pilots find self-serve fuel any hour, tie-downs and hangars, on-field maintenance, and two courtesy cars for the run into town.
13 based aircraft
165 acres
~9,000 ops / yr
2.9 mi to downtown Jamestown
ON THE FIELD
Fuel, hangars, and a car into town.
Everything a transient pilot or a based owner needs, plus a few things most fields this size don't offer.
Self-serve fuel, 24/7
100LL and Jet-A at the self-service pump, any hour, with any major credit card. No callout, no waiting.
100LL & JET-A · SELF-SERVEHangars & tie-downs
Covered hangar space and paved tie-downs on the ramp. Staying a while for the lake? Call ahead and we'll make room.
RESERVE BY PHONEOn-field maintenance
Repair facilities are available on the field for based and transient aircraft. Ask the manager for referrals and hangar access.
AVAILABLE ON REQUESTTwo free courtesy cars
Need to grab lunch or reach the marina? Sign out a courtesy car online (free, two-hour limit) and see live availability before you even launch.
LIVE AVAILABILITY →Runway 17/35 · PAPI & REIL
5,010 × 78 ft of asphalt with pilot-activated medium-intensity edge lights, PAPI, and runway-end identifier lights on both ends.
MIRL · PAPI · REILMinutes to the water
Lake Cumberland's marinas, houseboats, and state parks are a short drive from the ramp. It's why a lot of pilots point the nose at K24.
GATEWAY TO LAKE CUMBERLAND
THE REASON YOU'RE FLYING IN
101 miles of shoreline, a short drive off Runway 35.
Wolf Creek Dam closed the Cumberland River in 1952 and created one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the "Houseboat Capital of the World," with more than 1,500 houseboats and 1,255 miles of shoreline. Russell County Airport is the fastest way to reach it.
101 milake length
1,255 miof shoreline
1,500+houseboats
FIELD NOTICES
From the airport office.
24-Hour Self-Serve Fuel Available
100LL self-service fuel is available around the clock at the pump with any major credit card.
FLY IN · REACH THE FIELD
Talk to the airport.
Fuel, hangars, a lake trip, or bringing business to Russell County. Send a note or call the office. We'll get back to you.
AIRPORT OFFICE(270) 858-1390
FIELD628 C Smith Road, Russell Springs, KY 42629
2.9 mi from downtown Jamestown · on Lake Cumberland
2.9 mi from downtown Jamestown · on Lake Cumberland
OWNER / OPERATORRussell County Airport Board
Chaired by John Stivers · Meets the 1st Tuesday of every month at 5:00 PM at the airport.
Chaired by John Stivers · Meets the 1st Tuesday of every month at 5:00 PM at the airport.
FIELD MAINTENANCE(270) 566-6010
Braxton Smith · Field Maintenance
Braxton Smith · Field Maintenance
COORDINATES36.9779, -85.1067