Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,028 ft / 313 m 5,500 1,676 | Serves Morehead, Kentucky 2/20 5,500 Elevation 313 m | |
Owner Morehead-Rowan County Airport Board | ||
Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport (ICAO: KYSM, FAA LID: SYM), is a public airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Morehead, a city in Rowan County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the Morehead-Rowan County Airport Board.
The airport board began construction on this airport in 2003, in order to accommodate a longer runway than the existing Morehead-Rowan County Airport (FAA LID: I32) at 38°08′00″N 83°32′17″W. The new airport opened in 2007, which resulted in the closure of the old airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport covers an area of 325 acres (132 ha) which contains one runway designated 2/20 with a 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) asphalt surface.