# Barkley Regional Airport (PAH / KPAH)

**Barkley Regional Airport** (IATA: PAH, ICAO: KPAH) is a medium airport in Paducah, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Jan 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,500 ft (1,981 m). In 2025 it handled 27 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PAH / KPAH
- FAA: PAH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Paducah, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Jan 1943
- Elevation: 410 ft / 125 m
- Coordinates: 37.0608, -88.7738
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,500 ft / 1,981 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 26,706 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.barkleyregional.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2785389
- Weather station: KPAH · WMO 72435
- Ident: KPAH

## Timeline

- Jan 1943: Barkley Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |
| 14/32 | 5,499 ft / 1,676 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00628AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 41,971 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 42,461 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 40,803 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 41,969 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 42,059 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 51,753 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 13,246 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 27,539 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 36,473 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 26,157 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 26,746 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 26,706 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 343 mi / 552 km · United Express
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 618 mi / 994 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PAH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 27K (2025) | #2,334 of 3,974 | #541 in North America | #369 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | =4,091 of 29,858 | =1,025 in North America | =784 in US |
| Elevation | 410 ft / 125 m | =28,827 of 43,403 | =13,606 in North America | =11,428 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.375 |
| CNTR | MEMPHIS CNTR | 133.650 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | LOUISVILLE RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | PADUCAH TWR | 119.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcgi.md) Cape Girardeau Regional Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [MWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmwa.md) Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois · 50 mi / 80 km
- [MDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdh.md) Southern Illinois Airport · 56 mi / 90 km
- [HOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khop.md) Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell) · 76 mi / 122 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Barkley Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barkley_Regional_Airport&oldid=1375175047), revision of 16 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kpah/data