Barkley Regional Airport
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Aerial view, October 2011
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Barkley Regional Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Paducah, Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 410 ft / 125 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°03′37″N 088°46′23″W / 37.06028°N 88.77306°WCoordinates: 37°03′37″N 088°46′23″W / 37.06028°N 88.77306°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | BarkleyRegional.com | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 28,288 |
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| Based aircraft | 44 |
Barkley Regional Airport (IATA: PAH, ICAO: KPAH, FAA LID: PAH) is 4 miles west of Paducah, in McCracken County, Kentucky. The airport is owned by the Barkley Regional Airport Authority. It is used for general aviation and sees one airline subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
100 people are employed at the airport. The only airline is United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines, two daily Canadair Regional Jets to Chicago. Barkley Regional Airport is the 5th busiest in Kentucky.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say this airport had 21,654 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 18,542 in 2009, and 19,903 in 2010.
Barkley Regional Airport is named after former Vice-President of the United States, Alben W. Barkley, who was from Western Kentucky. The airport was previously served by Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines, with Saab turboprops to Memphis International Airport. When Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines, service to Memphis from Paducah ended. This service was quickly replaced when the Chicago-based United Airlines started operating daily CRJ-200s to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport. The service is operated by SkyWest Airlines for United Express. Service began in the Winter of 2010.
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