Lake Cumberland Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Somerset-Pulaski County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Somerset, Kentucky | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 927 ft / 283 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°03′13″N 084°36′56″W / 37.05361°N 84.61556°W | ||||||||||
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Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (IATA: SME, ICAO: KSME, FAA LID: SME) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Somerset, a city in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.[1] The airport is owned by the city of Somerset and Pulaski County.[1] It also serves the area around Lake Cumberland. It is mostly used for general aviation, and from late 2008 until February 2010, was served by one commercial airline, Locair.[2] The $3 million federally funded passenger terminal was converted to the FBO in September 2011.
The airport was renamed in 2008; it was formerly known as Somerset-Pulaski County Airport or J.T. Wilson Field.[3]
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for SME PDF, effective 2023-11-02.
- ^ Bill Estep (2010-02-18). "Somerset airport to lose funding, flights to and from D.C." Lexington Herald Leader.
- ^ Bill Mardis (2008-04-10). "Lake Cumberland Regional Airport is state-of-the-art". Commonwealth Journal. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09.