William T Piper Memorial
LHV · KLHV · Lock Haven, Pennsylvania · Clinton County · map
William T Piper Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lock Haven, 2 miles east of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 556 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09L/27R, is 3,799 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LHV · ICAO KLHV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lock Haven
- Elevation
- 556 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to April, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; weekends, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm; April to November, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 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
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 3,799 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09R/27L | 2,179 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09L: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 44 ft high 895 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 465 ft, trees 44 ft high 323 ft from the end
- Runway 27L: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 69 ft high 1,257 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Philipsburg and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Lock Haven from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania: 36 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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 Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
- Airport in existence prior to ruling may 1959.
- Local weather on the common traffic frequency (3 clicks).
- Activate PAPI runway 09L and 27R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09L/27R - the common traffic frequency.
- 14 feet berm 84 feet out on centerline runway 27R.
- White cones mark runway edge and thld.
- White cones mark runway edge and thld.
- Unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 6 degreess left and 8 degreess right of centerline.
- Bird activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- No simultaneous runway operations.
- Runway 09R/27L closed sunset to sunrise daily.
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.