Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport

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Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorHarlan County
Location Harlan County, Kentucky
Elevation  AMSL 1,564.1 ft / 476.7 m
Coordinates 36°51′34″N83°21′30″W / 36.85944°N 83.35833°W / 36.85944; -83.35833
Map
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I35
Location of airport in Kentucky
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I35
I35 (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
8/263,4611,055 Asphalt
Source: AirNav.com [1]

Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport (FAA LID: I35) is a public use airport in Harlan County, Kentucky, located 2 miles northwest of Harlan. The airport was opened to the public in 1961. [1] The airport was named for M. L. Tucker and Pete Guthrie. Tucker was an aviation enthusiast who helped pick the location of the airport, while Guthrie was killed in a crash at the old Harlan County airport in Putney. [2]

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Facilities and aircraft

Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 3461 x 75 feet (1055 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending September 1, 2022, the airport had 7,480 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 86% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 7% military. [3] As of June 22, 2024, 10 aircraft were based at this airport: 7 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter. [1]

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport". airnav.com. AirNav. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Molley, John. "State Will Give $76,000 To Harlan County's New Airport". newspapers.com. Kentucky Advocate. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport". aopa.org. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  4. ↑ Estep, Bill. "Pilot may not have gotten weather briefing before fatal crash at Kentucky airport, report says". kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
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