Codel (Hazard) Airport Z8844C

According to the Sunday Herald-Leader (courtesy of Mark Hess), Hazard Airport was established sometime on or before 1947. The earliest depiction which has been located of this airfield was on the July 1949 Winston-Salem Sectional Chart. It depicted Codell Airport as having a 2,000' unpaved runway. It was still depicted as Codell Airport on the 1951 Winston-Salem Sectional Chart. At some point between 1951-57, Codell Airport was renamed Hazard Airport, as that is how it was depicted on the 1957 Winston-Salem Sectional Chart. The 1968 Flight Guide (courtesy of Robert Levittan) depicted Hazard Airport as having a single 2,300' paved Runway 17/35, with a few small buildings on the west & east sides. The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Hazard Airport was on the April 1969 Winston-Salem Sectional Chart. It depicted Hazard Airport as having a single 2,300' paved northwest/southeast runway. Hazard Airport was evidently closed at some point between 1982-92, as the 1992 USGS topo map labeled the southern portion of the airport site as Gorman Park, and depicted the Perry County Central High School on the northern portion. Courtesy: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:Eastern Kentucky © 2003, © 2026 by Paul Freeman. Revised 6/12/26.