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📍 Benton⬆ 380 ft1 runways

42KY ·

Pirates Cove Airport

36.77640°N

-88.22230°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Pirates Cove Airport (42KY) is a small general aviation airport located in Benton, KY, 51 mi west of Clarksville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,544 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Temp

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Wind

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Visib

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Ceil

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Runways

1 installed

2,544 FT MAX

18/36

2,544 ft × 32

ASPH● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

56% of ops

30 land · 0 TO

44% of ops

24 land · 6 TO

Runway 18 carries 56% of operations (30 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 44%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 30 landings

UA 0%

36 24 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 30 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

1.3

flights/day · 40 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 5pm · 6pm

Day vs night

68%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (0.8 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (38% of 40 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
UNICOM	122.800	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZME
Elevation:: 380 ft
Mag var:: 1° E

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