KLOU Bowman Field Airport
Louisville, KY · 5 miles SE of LOUISVILLE, KY
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KLOU
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 545.5 ft
- Coordinates
- 38-13-40.7450N 085-39-49.4940W
- Lat / Long
- 38.2279847, -85.6637483
- Mag. variation
- 04W (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- INDIANAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- LOUISVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- LOU (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-2200
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MIRL RWY 06/24 & 15/33 - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KLOU
Runways
Longest 4358 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 4358 x 75 ft. / 1328 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 30.0
Runway 6
- Heading
- 064 magnetic, 060 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4047 TODA:4357 ASDA:4316 LDA:3469
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 848 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 544.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 29 ft. tree, 202 ft. from runway, 232 ft. right of centerline
Runway 24
- Heading
- 244 magnetic, 240 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:3509 TODA:4357 ASDA:4165 LDA:3856
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 310 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 530.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 8 FT FENCE 108 FT FM RWY END; 956 FT FM DTHR. ROAD 159 FT FM RWY END; 1007 FT FM DTHR.
- Dimensions
- 3580 x 75 ft. / 1091 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 30.0
Runway 15
- Heading
- 148 magnetic, 144 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:3238 TODA:3579 ASDA:3579 LDA:3373
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 206 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 538.6 ft.
- Obstructions
- 10 ft. fence, 187 ft. from runway, 28 ft. right of centerline
Runway 33
- Heading
- 328 magnetic, 324 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.25 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:3373 TODA:3579 ASDA:3466 LDA:3125
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 342 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 518.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- +8 FT FENCE 188 FT FM RWY END; 394 FT FM DTHR.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 7
Other charts 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 119.5
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 124.15
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 502-473-0693
- Bowman Ground
- 121.8 [0700-2200]
- Bowman Tower
- 119.5 257.625 [0700-2200]
- Louisville Approach
- 132.075
- Louisville Departure
- 132.075
- Clearance Delivery
- 118.9
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.