# John M. Foree Airport (12KY)

**John M. Foree Airport** (FAA: 12KY) is a small airport in New Castle, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Sep 1972. It has one runway, 2,500 ft (762 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/12ky

## At a glance

- FAA: 12KY
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: New Castle, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Sep 1972
- Elevation: 853 ft / 260 m
- Coordinates: 38.4603, -85.1686
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 ft / 762 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49747117
- Weather station: KFFT
- Ident: 12KY

## Timeline

- Sep 1972: John M. Foree Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  | yes |

## 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 | 853 ft / 260 m | =20,356 of 43,403 | =9,405 in North America | =7,682 in US |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =4,803 in North America | =4,712 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [85KY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/85ky.md) Deer Run Airpark · 1.8 mi / 2.8 km
- [6KY3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6ky3.md) Flying C Farms Airport · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [8KT8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8kt8.md) Cherry Hill Airport · 10 mi / 16 km
- [40KY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/40ky.md) Rooster Field · 12 mi / 19 km
- [6KY6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6ky6.md) Jeffries Farm Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [3KY4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3ky4.md) Craw Daddy Landing Airport · 15 mi / 24 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/12ky/data