LOU

Bowman Field

ICAO KLOU38.2280°N 85.6637°W546 ft / 166 mMedium airport
On the map

Bowman Field (IATA: LOU, ICAO: KLOU) is a medium airport in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It opened in 1920. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,358 ft (1,328 m). It is operated by Louisville Regional Airport Authority.

Timeline

2 events · 1920–1988
1920
OpenedBowman Field opens.
10 NOV 1988
MilestoneListed as National Register of Historic Places listed place.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
06/24060° / 240° · LIT
LENGTH4,358 ft1,328 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
15/33144° / 324° · LIT
LENGTH3,580 ft1,091 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,358 ft1,328 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#8,497of 29,823 · #3,278 North America · #2,703 USElevation546 ft166 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#26,294of 43,341 · #12,622 North America · #10,537 USAgeOpened 19202026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=185of 15,079 · =26 North America · =25 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DLOUISVILLE APP/DEP123.675
ATISATIS112.200
CLDCLNC DEL118.900
CTAFCTAF119.500
GNDGND121.800
RDOLOUISVILLE RDO122.200
TWRTWR119.500
UNICUNICOM122.950