# Pike County Airport Hatcher Field (PVL / KPBX)

**Pike County Airport Hatcher Field** (IATA: PVL, ICAO: KPBX) is a small airport in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Mar 1983. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,356 ft (1,633 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PVL / KPBX
- FAA: PBX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pikeville, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Mar 1983
- Elevation: 1,465 ft / 446 m
- Coordinates: 37.5608, -82.5701
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,356 ft / 1,633 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_County_Airport_(Kentucky) (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7193569
- Weather station: KPBX
- Ident: KPBX

## Timeline

- Mar 1983: Pike County Airport Hatcher Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 5,356 ft / 1,633 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |
| 02/20 | 3,455 ft / 1,053 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 016° / 196° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,356 ft / 1,633 m | #5,674 of 29,858 | #1,853 in North America | #1,489 in US |
| Elevation | 1,465 ft / 446 m | #12,341 of 43,403 | #5,321 in North America | #4,060 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | INDIANAPOLIS CNTR | 126.575 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [KSJS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kk22.md) Big Sandy Regional Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [9KY9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ky9.md) Paintsville-Prestonsburg-Combs Field · 17 mi / 28 km
- [57KY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/57ky.md) Belcher Regional Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [KEBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kebd.md) Southern West Virginia Regional Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [US-12835](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12835.md) Gayland Airport · 38 mi / 62 km
- [LNP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klnp.md) Lonesome Pine Airport · 40 mi / 64 km

## 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/kpbx/data