Louisville Approach SDF
Louisville Approach (SDF) is the approach and departure control facility that public NASR records list as the primary approach control for 15 airports, 2 of them with a control tower. Pilots call it "Louisville Approach".
Airports it serves (15)
| Airport | City | Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Bowman Field (KLOU) | Louisville, KY | Tower (page) |
| Godman Army Air Field (KFTK) | Fort Knox, KY | Tower (page) |
| Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport (KEKX) | Elizabethtown, KY | No tower |
| Breckinridge County (I93) | Hardinsburg, KY | No tower |
| Clark Regional Airport (KJVY) | Jeffersonville, IN | No tower |
| Freeman Municipal Airport (KSER) | Seymour, IN | No tower |
| French Lick Municipal Airport (KFRH) | French Lick, IN | No tower |
| Lebanon Springfield/george Hoerter Fld (6I2) | Springfield, KY | No tower |
| Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (KSDF) | Louisville, KY | No tower |
| Madison Municipal Airport (KIMS) | Madison, IN | No tower |
| Paoli Muni (I42) | Paoli, IN | No tower |
| Rough River State Park (2I3) | Falls-of-rough, KY | No tower |
| Salem Muni (I83) | Salem, IN | No tower |
| Samuels Field (KBRY) | Bardstown, KY | No tower |
| Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport (KBFR) | Bedford, IN | No tower |
Pay level
The FAA rates this facility level 9 on its scale of 4 to 12. Busier, more complex facilities get higher levels, and higher levels pay more. A fully certified controller at a level 9 facility was paid between $102,456 and $138,315 a year in 2025, before the local cost-of-living addition. Overtime, night and Sunday pay come on top.
Level: National Academies (2025), The Air Traffic Controller Workforce Imperative, Appendix C, Table C-2, which reproduces FAA data with staffing as of September 23, 2023; the FAA may have changed the level since. Pay range: FAA pay band table effective January 12, 2025, as posted by NATCA.
Source
FAA National Airspace System Resource (NASR) data, 28-day cycle effective 2026-10-01 (FAA NASR subscription). Facility data changes every 28 days; check current FAA publications before flight.
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