# Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (1A6)

**Middlesboro-Bell County Airport** (FAA: 1A6) is a small airport in Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 3,633 ft (1,107 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1a6

## At a glance

- FAA: 1A6
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,154 ft / 352 m
- Coordinates: 36.6103, -83.7374
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,633 ft / 1,107 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.bellcounty.ky.gov/services/airport.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesboro%E2%80%93Bell_County_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49748130
- Weather station: K1A6
- Ident: K1A6

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Middlesboro-Bell County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,633 ft / 1,107 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 098° / 278° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,633 ft / 1,107 m | #11,739 of 29,858 | #4,723 in North America | #3,958 in US |
| Elevation | 1,154 ft / 352 m | #15,575 of 43,403 | #6,803 in North America | #5,355 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS | 119.425 |
| CTAF/UNICOM | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [3A2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3a2.md) New Tazewell Municipal Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
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- [TN13](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0513.md) Old Valley Airport · 20 mi / 32 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/k1a6/data