Barkley Regional Airport Authority

A group of local and federal officials, including U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. Rep. James Comer, cu the ribbon for the new terminal at Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah Thursday, July 6, 2023.

Paducah cuts ribbon on new terminal a decade in the making at Barkley Regional Airport

Derek Operle

Local, state and federal officials cut the ribbon on a new $43 million terminal at Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah Thursday, replacing a terminal that’s been in use for nearly 70 years.

HopFlyt co-founder and CEO Rob Winston speaks during an event at Sprocket in midtown Paducah.

Business & Economy

Company developing electric aircraft that can takeoff and land vertically to locate in Paducah

Derek Operle

An aviation company attempting to develop commercially viable electric aircraft that can land and take off vertically is relocating to Paducah.

Business & Economy

U.S Department of Transportation approves new essential air service provider for Barkley Regional Airport

Zacharie Lamb

A new airline will officially begin service out of McCracken County’s Barkley Regional Airport in December.

Kentucky politicians shovel dirt at the site of the planned terminal at the Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah.

Regional News

Beshear, McConnell, Comer praise new Paducah airport terminal at groundbreaking ceremony

Dustin Wilcox

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Rep. James Comer and others on Wednesday praised the economic and logistic advantages provided by a new Barkley Regional Airport terminal at a groundbreaking ceremony.

Government & Politics

Kentucky Airports Set To Receive Nearly $13.5 Million

Rachel Collins

Eleven Kentucky airports are set to receive a financial boost in federal funding distributed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Barkley…