Big Sandy Regional Airport is a public use airport located in southwest Martin County, Kentucky, United States. The airport is nine nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Prestonsburg, a city in Floyd County. It is owned by the Big Sandy Regional Airport Board.Facilities and aircraftBig Sandy Regional Airport covers an area of 136acre at an elevation of 1,221 feet (372 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2006, the airport had 6,400 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 81% general aviation, 14% air taxi and 5% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% jet and 12% helicopter.
