# Boss Airport (08KY)

**Boss Airport** (FAA: 08KY) is a small airport in Burnside, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Mar 1976. It has one runway, 2,500 ft (762 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/08ky

## At a glance

- FAA: 08KY
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Burnside, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Mar 1976
- Elevation: 820 ft / 250 m
- Coordinates: 36.9726, -84.6261
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 ft / 762 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745249
- Weather station: KSME
- Ident: 08KY

## Timeline

- Mar 1976: Boss Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 ft / 762 m | =20,464 of 29,858 | =9,064 in North America | =7,805 in US |
| Elevation | 820 ft / 250 m | =20,953 of 43,403 | =9,766 in North America | =8,006 in US |
| Age | Opened 1976 | =7,360 of 15,079 | =5,411 in North America | =5,315 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [SME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksme.md) Lake Cumberland Regional Airport · 5.6 mi / 9.0 km
- [KEKQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kekq.md) Wayne County Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [18I](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k18i.md) McCreary County Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [K24](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kk24.md) Russell County Airport · 26 mi / 43 km
- [KBYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw38.md) Williamsburg Whitley County Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [72KY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/72ky.md) Carr Airport · 28 mi / 44 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/08ky/data