Liberal Mid-America Regional
LBL · KLBL · Liberal, Kansas · Seward County · map
Liberal Mid-America Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Liberal, 2 miles west of Liberal, Kansas, 2,885 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 7,105 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 49 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 42,640 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8,115 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Liberal Mid-America Regional?
Its FAA code is LBL, and its ICAO code is KLBL.
Where is Liberal Mid-America Regional?
It is 2 miles west of Liberal, Kansas, 2,885 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Liberal Mid-America Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 7,105 feet long.
Does Liberal Mid-America Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Liberal Mid-America Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Liberal Mid-America Regional?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Liberal Mid-America Regional, Northern Colorado Regional, Garden City Regional, Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal. Every route
Are there flight schools at Liberal Mid-America Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Golden West Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Liberal Mid-America Regional?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Liberal Mid-America Regional…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LBL · ICAO KLBL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Liberal
- Elevation
- 2,885 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,105 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 35: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Lbl and aWOS-3PT | 118.375 | |
| Liberal and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-624-1221.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Guymon Municipal (34 nm southwest), Perryton Ochiltree County (39 nm south), Ulysses Airport (39 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; approach lights (MALSR) runway 35; VASI runways 17 and 35; and PAPI runways 04 and 22; runway end identifier lights runways 04, 17 and 22 - the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 622 departures from LBL in those twelve months, carrying 9,945 passengers in 31,072 seats (32% filled), to 6 destinations on 2 airlines.
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 29 |
| multi-engine | 14 |
| jets | 5 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 42,640, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,220 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,220 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,000 |
| general aviation, local | 20,000 |
| military | 200 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Liberal from the FAA register
57 aircraft are registered to owners in Liberal, Kansas: 32 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 6 business jets, 3 drones. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Golden West Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Turpin, 13 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Liberal:
- Lyddon Aero Center Inc 14 aircraft on the certificate Lyddon Aero Center is a full-service FBO and charter operator based in Liberal, Kansas.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Liberal 57 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 6 piston twins
- Lac Aero LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Sierra Bravo Partnership 3 aircraft in town
- Westwind INC 2 aircraft in town
- Lyddon Aero Center INC 2 aircraft in town
- Lyddon Aero Center Inc 14 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Golden West Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Denver International (DEN) 614 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Liberal Mid-America Regional (LBL) 4 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Northern Colorado Regional (FNL) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Garden City Regional (GCK) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal (HHR) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,734 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LBL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.