Lancaster Airport
LNS · KLNS · Lancaster, Pennsylvania · Lancaster County · map
Lancaster Airport is a public-use airport owned by Lancaster Arpt Authority, 4 miles north of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 403 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,933 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 123 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 100,332 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5,999 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KLNS · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 38°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:29 pm EDT (17:29 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLNS 062153Z 30006KT 10SM CLR 14/03 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01440033
TAF KLNS 061729Z 0618/0718 31007KT P6SM SKC FM071700 19007KT 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 LNS · ICAO KLNS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lancaster Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 403 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- DAILY, 7:00 am to 9:00 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
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,933 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,102 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 357 ft, 6,118 ft available for landing, road 5 ft high 297 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 59 ft, 6,118 ft available for landing, tree 40 ft high 1,266 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the right, tree 76 ft high 1,816 ft from the end
- Runway 31: VASI, two boxes on the left, trees 30 ft high 958 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.9 | Lancaster |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Lns and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.675 | Lancaster |
| Ground | 121.8 | Lancaster |
| Approach and departure | 126.45 | Lancaster |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lancaster |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 717-568-6942.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 100,332, 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 Lancaster from the FAA register
59 aircraft are registered to owners in Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 43 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 balloons, 2 turboprops. 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 · 23 since 1982, 1 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
- Predates act.
- Runway lights and approach lights (MALSR) unmonitored when tower closed.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 08; runway end identifier lights runway 31; high-intensity runway lights 08/26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 08 approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Runway 26 approach ratio 33:1 to dthr.
- Runway and taxiway conditions not mnt outside of rescue and firefighting (ARFF) coverage hours.
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.