# Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (SME / KSME)

**Lake Cumberland Regional Airport** (IATA: SME, ICAO: KSME) is a medium airport in Somerset, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Aug 1952. It has one runway, 5,801 ft (1,768 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SME / KSME
- FAA: SME
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Somerset, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Aug 1952
- Elevation: 927 ft / 283 m
- Coordinates: 37.0534, -84.6159
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,801 ft / 1,768 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cumberland_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10853391
- Weather station: KSME
- Ident: KSME

## Timeline

- Aug 1952: Lake Cumberland Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 5,801 ft / 1,768 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 043° / 223° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,801 ft / 1,768 m | =5,018 of 29,858 | =1,483 in North America | =1,164 in US |
| Elevation | 927 ft / 283 m | =18,965 of 43,403 | =8,601 in North America | =6,957 in US |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =2,673 in North America | =2,612 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 3 | 124.850 |
| CNTR | INDIANAPOLIS CNTR | 121.325 |
| RDO | LOUISVILLE RDO | 122.550 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/ksme/data