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Bowman Field

Bowman Field is a public five miles southeast of downtown Louisville, in . The airport covers 426 acres and has two runways.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: public airport in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Bowman Field Airport”, “KLOU”, and “LOU”
  • Address: KY

Places of Interest

Highlights include Big Spring Country Club and Farmington.

Golf course
is a country club located in . Prior to the 2003 city-county merger, the club's location was in an unincorporated part of , bordered by Louisville and .

Historic site
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
, an 18-acre historic site in , was once the center of a hemp plantation owned by John and Lucy Speed. The 14-room, Federal-style brick plantation house was possibly based on a design by Thomas Jefferson and has several Jeffersonian architectural features.

Park
was the last park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted's firm in , United States. The park system in Louisville was the last of five designed by the Olmsted firm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingsley and Seneca Gardens.

Village
is a home rule-class city in , , United States. The population was 381 as of the 2010 census, down from 428 at the 2000 census. It is a suburb of .

Village
is a home rule-class city in , , , and a part of the Louisville Metro government. With the single exception of the Keneseth Israel Synagogue, all buildings within city limits are residential.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of a city in , , United States. The population was 201 at the 2000 census.

Bowman Field

Latitude
38.22883° or 38° 13′ 44″ north
Longitude
-85.66171° or 85° 39′ 42″ west
Elevation
545 feet (166 metres)
Operator
Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Named after
Abram H. Bowman
IATA airport code
LOU
ICAO airport code
KLOU
Open location code
86CP68HQ+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 540099120
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
4285281
Wiki­data ID
Q3813569
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Bowman Field” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Camp Bowman”
  • Cebuano: “Bowman Field (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Bowman Field”
  • Chinese: “鮑曼田機場”
  • Chinese: “鲍曼田机场”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار بومان فيلد”
  • French: “Bowman Field”
  • French: “LOU”
  • Hebrew: “שדה באומן”
  • Indonesian: “KLOU”
  • Indonesian: “LOU”
  • Navajo: “Shádiʼááhjí Chéłgaidahiilínídi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی بوومن”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро бувмн”
  • Urdu: “بومین فیلڈ”

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