# Gallatin County Airport (8GK)

**Gallatin County Airport** (FAA: 8GK) is a small airport in Sparta, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Apr 2023. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8gk

## At a glance

- FAA: 8GK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sparta, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Apr 2023
- Elevation: 830 ft / 253 m
- Coordinates: 38.6795, -84.9289
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallatin_County_Airport (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127110219
- Weather station: KCVG · WMO 72421
- Ident: 8GK

## Timeline

- Apr 2023: Gallatin County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 830 ft / 253 m | #20,782 of 43,403 | #9,653 in North America | #7,904 in US |
| Age | Opened 2023 | =14,418 of 15,079 | =11,578 in North America | =11,437 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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/8gk/data