Paducah: facts

At a glance

• Country: United States
• Region: Kentucky
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 24,864
• Coordinates: 37.0834° N, 88.6000° W
• Time zone: America/Chicago (UTC-06:00 standard, UTC-05:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Washington: 1,032 km (642 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Barkley Regional Airport (PAH): 16 km (10 mi), straight line
• Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (MWA): 83 km (51 mi), straight line
• Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI): 87 km (54 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Metropolis: 14 km (9 mi)
• Smithland: 19 km (11 mi)
• Golconda: 33 km (21 mi)
• Benton: 34 km (21 mi)
• Mayfield: 38 km (24 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Clarksville, 126 km (79 mi)