Lawton-Fort Sill Regional
LAW · KLAW · Lawton, Oklahoma · Comanche County · map
Lawton-Fort Sill Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lawton, 2 miles south of Lawton, Oklahoma, 1,110 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,599 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 53 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,818 takeoffs and landings a year. About 43,732 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KLAW · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:20 pm CDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLAW 062253Z VRB05KT 10SM CLR 30/11 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP138 T03000111
TAF KLAW 062320Z 0700/0724 15004KT P6SM SKC FM071400 19007KT P6SM FEW250 FM072100 16006KT P6SM SCT250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LAW · ICAO KLAW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lawton
- Elevation
- 1,110 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 5:30 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 5:30 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,599 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the right, pole 72 ft high 3,100 ft from the end
- Runway 35: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 119.9 | |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Law and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.75 | Lawton |
| Ground | 121.9 | Lawton |
| Tower | 127.05 | Lawton |
| Approach and departure | 120.55 | Lawton |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lawton |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 580-581-1351.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,818, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Lawton from the FAA register
70 aircraft are registered to owners in Lawton, Oklahoma: 47 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 4 business jets, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Oklahoma.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Pre dates the act.
- Prior permission required for unscheduled part 121 air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- When the control tower closed rescue and firefighting (ARFF) available through Fort Sill approach.
- The control tower controls all runway and taxiway lighting when open; when the control tower closed, approach lights (MALSR) runway 35; runway end identifier lights runway 17; high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; taxiway lighting on med intst. Incr/decr intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 on continuously, vrbl intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Extension 301.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.