Airports / Kentucky / GLW
Glasgow Municipal Airport
KGLW / GLWGlasgow, KentuckyELEV 716 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#2 / 19
Kentucky airports by Google rating
5.0★ across 10 Google ratings — ranked against 19 rated KY fields.
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport (BWG).
Overview
Glasgow Municipal Airport (KGLW / GLW) sits in Glasgow, Kentucky, where it functions as a general aviation field. The airport sits 716 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into GLW for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport (BWG, 23 nm), Godman Army Air Field (FTK, 53 nm), and Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (SME, 64 nm).
Charter pricing from GLW depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Glasgow.
Field capability
ICAO
KGLW
IATA
GLW
FAA / Local
GLW
Elevation
716 ft
Coordinates
37.0318° N · 85.9537° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs KY fields
state range 407–1,473 ft
At 716 ft, GLW sits lower than 53% of the 19 Kentucky fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 23nmBWGBowling Green Warren County Regional AirportBowling Green
- 53nmFTKGodman Army Air FieldFort Knox
- 64nmSMELake Cumberland Regional AirportSomerset
- 65nmBNANashville International AirportNashville
- 67nmMQYSmyrna AirportSmyrna
- 69nmSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportLouisville
Location
Open the full mapKGLW · Glasgow Municipal Airport · Glasgow, KY
From the ramp
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