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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KLBL · observed 5:56 pm CDT (22:56 UTC), 35 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 85°F (29°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 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 at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm CDT (17:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLBL 062256Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 29/11 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02940106 PNO $
TAF KLBL 062320Z 0700/0724 19010KT P6SM SKC FM071700 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 42,640, 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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.