(606) 679-7908 500 W.O. Newell Drive, Somerset, KY 42501 CTAF 122.8 · AWOS-3 120.050
01AirNav guaranteed listing · checked Nov 8, 2026

Fuel at KSME

Lake Cumberland Regional Airport · Somerset, Kentucky · Titan fuel

100LLFull service · by truck, during attended hours
100LLSelf service · 24 hours, card at the pump
Jet A with Prist (FSII)Full service · by truck, during attended hours
Jet A with Prist (FSII)Self service · 24 hours, card at the pump

Guaranteed on AirNav, checked Nov 8, 2026 · per gallon, taxes included · volume discounts, cards and contract fuel

Attended now FBO desk until 6 pm · full-service fuel Self-serve only pump open 24/7
  • CTAF / UNICOM122.8
  • AWOS-3120.050
  • ILS I-SME · RWY 05109.3
  • Indianapolis Center124.625
  • Runway 05/235,801 × 100 ft
  • Elevation927 ft
02FAA NASR and Chart Supplement, effective 29 Oct 2026 · imagery NAIP, May 2024

One runway, 5,801 feet, and an ILS of its own.

Runway 05/23 sits three miles south of downtown Somerset at 927 feet, inside its own Class E surface area, with a full parallel taxiway, pilot-controlled lighting, an ILS to Runway 05 and an LPV approach down to 250 feet.

Orthophoto of Lake Cumberland Regional Airport in May 2024, turned so Runway 05/23 runs horizontally: the asphalt runway and parallel taxiway across the middle, the terminal, FBO and hangar apron below right near the Runway 23 end, the older hangar ramp, fuel farm and self-serve island above the taxiway, US 27 at top left, and green farmland and woods around the field
  • Runway 05/23 · 5,801 × 100 ft asphalt
  • Rwy 05 · threshold displaced 514 ft
  • Rwy 23 · threshold displaced 300 ft
  • Terminal, FBO and corporate apron
  • Fuel trucks
  • T-hangar rows
  • Hangar ramp · parallel taxiway
  • Fuel farm · two tanks
  • Self-serve island · 24/7, off Taxiway A
  • US 27
Runway 05 at left, 23 at right; north is up and to the right. Imagery: USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program, acquired 20 May 2024, public domain.

Field data

Runway05/23 · 5,801 × 100 ft · asphalt, good
Landing distanceRwy 05 LDA 5,287 ft (threshold displaced 514 ft) · Rwy 23 LDA 5,500 ft (displaced 300 ft)
LightingMIRL · PAPI P2R Rwy 05, P2L Rwy 23 · REIL both ends · pilot-controlled on CTAF
PatternLeft traffic both runways · 1,927 MSL / 1,000 AGL
AirspaceClass E surface area · no tower · Indianapolis Center 124.625
NavaidsILS/DME I-SME 109.3 Rwy 05 · LOZ VOR/DME 116.55, 276° / 24.3 NM
WeatherAWOS-3 120.050 · (606) 679-5710 · METAR and TAF issued
AttendedMon–Fri 0700–1800 · Sat–Sun 0800–1800 The airport advertises 7 am to 6 pm every day; self-serve fuel is available 24/7
PavementPCN 18/F/C/X/T · S-48.5, D-68, 2D-125

FAA NASR 28-day data, effective 29 Oct 2026 · ARP 37.0536, -84.6156 · magnetic variation 5°W

Approaches

ProcedureMinimumHAT · vis
RNAV (GPS) RWY 5 · LPV1,177 DA250 · ¾ SM
ILS RWY 51,482 DA555 · 1⅝ SM
LOC RWY 51,540 MDA613 · 1 SM
RNAV (GPS) RWY 5 · LNAV1,480 MDA553 · 1 SM
RNAV (GPS) RWY 23 · LP1,580 MDA653 · 1 SM
RNAV (GPS) RWY 23 · LNAV1,660 MDA733 · 1 SM

Category A/B straight-in minimums from the current plates. The ILS glideslope and DME carry FAA restrictions (coupled approach not authorised below 1,620 ft); the LPV is the lowest approach on the field.

FAA charts · current NOTAM search AirNav SkyVector Pilot page

Plates expire every 28 days; the next cycle begins 26 Nov 2026. Not for navigation.

03Drive times by road from the ramp, OSRM routing, 8 Nov 2026

Lake Cumberland, measured in minutes from the ramp.

Twelve hundred miles of shoreline, ten marinas and the Houseboat Capital of the World start eleven minutes from the terminal door. Downtown Somerset, the Car Cruise Capital of Kentucky, is six. The courtesy car is free for two hours; Enterprise is four minutes away.

  1. 2minSomerset Community CollegeFestival Field, Master Musicians Festival
  2. 4minEnterprise Rent-A-Car103 Magnolia Ave · Mon–Sat
  3. 6minDowntown SomersetFountain Square, The Virginia, Somernites Cruise
  4. 11minSafe Harbor Burnsidemarina, slips to 110 ft, Frizzy'z
  5. 15minBurnside Island State ParkKentucky's only island park, 18 holes
  6. 16minLee's Ford Marina Resorthouseboats, cottages, Sorrento's
  7. 20minMill Springs BattlefieldNational Monument, free
  8. 45minCumberland Fallsthe moonbow, DuPont Lodge
Lake Cumberland from the US 127 overlook above Wolf Creek Dam: blue water filling a wooded valley under a hazy spring sky
Lake Cumberland above Wolf Creek Dam. Photograph: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fly in for the weekend

Courtesy car
Complimentary, two-hour limit, first come, no reservations. Keys at the FBO desk.
Rental car
Enterprise, 103 Magnolia Ave, 1.5 miles · (606) 679-5363 · Mon–Fri 8–6, Sat 9–1
Ride share
Uber lists Somerset and Burnside.
Lodging
Ten hotels within 3.3 miles; the Courtyard by Marriott is 0.8 miles from the ramp.
Overnight
Hangar $50 GA, $100 corporate, by availability; tie-downs on the ramp.
Eat, stay, play Courtesy cars
04Lake Cumberland Air Show, Inc. · City of Somerset · Lake Cumberland Tourism

Home of the Lake Cumberland Air Show.

The show returned on Veterans Day weekend. The next thing on the airport's calendar is the board meeting, open to the public, and the lake's winter season starts with Christmas Island.

Saturday, November 7, 2026 · gates 10 a.m. · flying 12:30 to about 2:40 p.m.

Lake Cumberland Air Show 2026

Presented by Don Franklin, Driven By Family

The fourth show since 2021 and the first on Veterans Day weekend, with free admission for every veteran. It flew under clear skies and light northerly wind, Scott "Cheese" Gusakov's L-39 Albatros headlining in place of the MiG-17F announced in September. The organisers have not yet published an attendance figure or photographs; both will be posted here when they do.

The air show page lakecumberlandairshow.com
  • Scott "Cheese" Gusakov L-39 Albatros, headliner
  • Team Fastrax flag jump, anthem
  • Britt Lincoln Extra 330SC
  • Michael Hoy Monosport 360
  • Craig Gifford Staudacher S300
  • Charlie Morris Super Decathlon
  • The Skyliners T-34 formation team
  • Anthony Quadrani C-45 Expeditor
  • Chris Thomas Warbird Thunder SNJ-2s
  • Wings vs. Wheels car against plane
  • Kentucky Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota, static display

Lineup as posted by the organisers on show morning, 7 Nov 2026; the UH-1 Huey demonstration and rides were withdrawn on 6 Nov for maintenance · earlier shows: 2021 5,000+, 2022 8,000+, 2024 about 10,000

Next up

The whole calendar

From the airport office

No notices posted. The board meets Thursday, November 12 at 4 p.m. in the terminal board room; meetings are open to the public.

Airport Board: second Thursday monthly, 4 p.m. · Terminal Board Room, 500 W.O. Newell Drive

05Kentucky Department of Aviation, Statewide Aviation System Plan, 2025 economic impact brochure

A public asset that pays its way.

Owned jointly by the City of Somerset and Pulaski County, run by a six-member board that also sells the fuel, and built almost entirely with federal and state aviation grants: $13.5 million of FAA investment since 2003 against a local appropriation of about $300,000 a year.

  • 231jobs supported
  • $11.8Mannual payroll
  • $37.1Meconomic output
  • 49based aircraft
  • 72,000people within 30 minutes

Kentucky Department of Aviation, Statewide Aviation System Plan, 2025 economic impact brochure · The 2024 University of Kentucky study (CY2022 data) counted 512 jobs and $91.5 million of output under its earlier method.

The board

  • Richard VanhookChairman
  • Dr. Carey CastleVice Chairman · Chancellor, Somerset Community College
  • Shawn DaughertyTreasurer
  • David BrittMember
  • David MorrisMember
  • Steven LeeMember

Appointed jointly by the Mayor of Somerset and the Pulaski County Judge/Executive for four-year terms · manager Kellie Baker

Meetings, audits, grants

Built with grants

2023–24East apron reconstruction$3.29M
2025Storage hangar design$153,900
2020–22LED airfield lighting (state)$1.2M
2020New AWOS$183,667
2004The terminal$3.5M

FAA AIP grant histories FY2003–FY2025; Kentucky Department of Aviation project ledgers through Oct 2026

On the field

Based
49 aircraft: 32 single, 3 multi, 7 jets, 7 helicopters
Air medical
PHI Air Medical base, opened June 2022
Training
Somerset Community College aviation maintenance technology, adjacent to the field; fixed-wing pilot program
Hangars
T-hangars from $275 a month; corporate and community hangars

FAA Form 5010, effective 29 Oct 2026 · flylcra.com

Detail of the 1954 USGS Somerset quadrangle showing a single landing strip labelled County Landing Field south of Somerset
1954: "County Landing Field" on the USGS Somerset quadrangle.
Detail of the 1973 USGS Somerset quadrangle labelled Somerset-Pulaski Co.-J T Wilson Field, with the runway and hangars drawn
1973: "Somerset-Pulaski Co. · J T Wilson Field", with hangars.
Detail of the 1997 USGS Somerset quadrangle showing the lengthened runway
1997: the lengthened runway. The history of the field.
06FBO desk · Mon–Fri 7 to 6, Sat–Sun 8 to 6 (FAA record)

Talk to the airport.

Fuel, a hangar or the T-hangar waitlist, a courtesy car for the lake, the air show, or bringing an aircraft and a business to Pulaski County. Send a note or call the desk.

FBO desk(606) 679-7908The desk closes at 6 p.m.; arriving later, call ahead.
Emailfbo@flylcra.com
The field500 W.O. Newell Drive, Somerset, KY 425013 NM south of downtown Somerset · the air gateway to Lake Cumberland
Owner and operatorSomerset-Pulaski County Airport BoardChair Richard Vanhook · manager Kellie Baker
Position37.0536, -84.6156Elevation 927 ft · Cincinnati sectional

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