Barkley Regional Airport

Barkley Regional Airport
New terminal at Barkley Regional Airport, 2023
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBarkley Regional Airport Authority
ServesJackson Purchase Region
Elevation AMSL410 ft / 125 m
Coordinates37°03′37″N 088°46′23″W / 37.06028°N 88.77306°W / 37.06028; -88.77306
WebsiteFlyBarkley.com
Map
PAH
PAH
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 6,500 1,981 Asphalt
14/32 5,499 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2018)23,537
Based aircraft (2018)40
Total passengers served (2016)40,770

Barkley Regional Airport (IATA: PAH, ICAO: KPAH, FAA LID: PAH) is an American domestic airport in West Paducah, Kentucky, 14 miles west of Paducah in McCracken County. It is used for general aviation and sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

The only airline is Contour Airlines, with Embraer 145 flights to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. A new $43M terminal building opened in June 2023, roughly 70 years after the original terminal was built in 1953.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023-2027 categorized it as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Federal Aviation Administration records say Barkley Regional had 13,643 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2021 and 14,677 in 2022.