# Tradewater Airport (8M7)

**Tradewater Airport** (FAA: 8M7) is a small airport in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Aug 1972. It has one runway, 2,875 ft (876 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8m7

## At a glance

- FAA: 8M7
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Dawson Springs, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Aug 1972
- Elevation: 405 ft / 123 m
- Coordinates: 37.1859, -87.6750
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,875 ft / 876 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49751515
- Weather station: K2I0
- Ident: 8M7

## Timeline

- Aug 1972: Tradewater Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,875 ft / 876 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Grass | 172° / 352° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,875 ft / 876 m | =17,485 of 29,858 | =7,370 in North America | =6,230 in US |
| Elevation | 405 ft / 123 m | =28,944 of 43,403 | =13,636 in North America | =11,458 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

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- [8M9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8m9.md) Providence Webster County Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [2I0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k2i0.md) Madisonville Regional Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [5KY6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12720.md) HP Field · 21 mi / 34 km
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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/8m7/data