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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 28 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. 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.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lancaster Airport?
Its FAA code is LNS, and its ICAO code is KLNS.
Where is Lancaster Airport?
It is 4 miles north of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 403 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lancaster Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 6,933 feet long.
Does Lancaster Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lancaster Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lancaster Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Washington Dulles International, Pittsburgh International, Orlando International, Chicago O'Hare International, Westchester County. Every route
Are there flight schools at Lancaster Airport?
10 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Aero-Tech Services INC and Garden Spot Flyers. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lancaster Airport?
15 pilot examiners and 25 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 Lancaster Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Deck Airport (14 nm north), Chester County G O Carlson (22 nm southeast), Harrisburg International (22 nm west).
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 Pennsylvania · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 1,258 departures from LNS in those twelve months, carrying 19,368 passengers in 30,434 seats (64% filled), to 13 destinations on 6 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster → Washington Dulles International LNS–IAD | 653 | 2,291 | Southern Airways... |
| Lancaster → Pittsburgh International LNS–PIT | 382 | 1,688 | Southern Airways... |
| Lancaster → Orlando International LNS–MCO | 116 | 12,494 | Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze |
| Lancaster → Chicago O'Hare International LNS–ORD | 97 | 2,725 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Lancaster → Westchester County LNS–HPN | 2 | 27 | Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze, Tradewind Aviation |
| Lancaster → Bradley International LNS–BDL | 1 | 128 | Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze |
| Lancaster → Westover Arb/Metro LNS–CEF | 1 | 4 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Lancaster → Bishop International LNS–FNT | 1 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
All 13 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 | 98 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 11 |
| helicopters | 6 |
| 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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 100,332, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 22 |
| air taxi and commuter | 6,364 |
| general aviation, travelling | 49,714 |
| general aviation, local | 43,114 |
| military | 1,118 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
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:
- Aero-Tech Services INC 7 aircraft · Lititz, 2 miles away Aero-Tech Services Inc.
- Garden Spot Flyers 1 aircraft · Manheim, 6 miles away
- Smoketown Flight Center LLC 5 aircraft · Smoketown, 7 miles away Smoketown Flight Center is a flight school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania offering fixed-wing flight training from discovery flights through advanced ratings including Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, Instrument, Commercial, and CFI certifications.
- Smoketown Helicopters LLC 5 aircraft · Smoketown, 7 miles away Smoketown Helicopters is a flight school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that provides helicopter and airplane flight training, including discovery flights, private pilot courses, instrument training, commercial pilot courses, and certified flig
- Draggin Tail Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Ephrata, 7 miles away Draggin' Tail Pilots is a tailwheel flying club based in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
- Nextgen Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Ephrata, 7 miles away
- Shamrock Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Millersville, 9 miles away
- Sky Blue Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · New Holland, 11 miles away
- Appalachian Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Lebanon, 12 miles away Appalachian Aviators is a flight school based at Keller Bros Airport in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania.
- Colt Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Lebanon, 12 miles away Lebanon Flying Club is a non-profit flying club established in 1978 and based at Lebanon Airport (M54) in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 10 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 25 aviation medical examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 68 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (4 nm) · (484) 467-9394 · [email protected]
- Darren Lucas private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Litiz, PA (4 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Alliance Aviation · Lititz, PA (4 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- Peter H Wolfson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lititz, PA (4 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · [email protected]
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (7 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [email protected]
- Todd James private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lebanon, PA (10 nm) · (717) 380-6371 · [email protected]
- John Scullion private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Harrisburg International Airport · Middletown, PA (20 nm) · (717) 500-2161 · [email protected]
- Mark Christopher Wesley Robinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Reading Jet Center · Reading, PA (22 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
All 122 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 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. 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 Lancaster 59 aircraft · 43 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Ppc Excursions INC 2 aircraft in town
- Penn Dutch Real Estate INC DBA 2 aircraft in town
- Aero-Tech Services INC 2 aircraft in town
- Aero-Tech Services INC 7 aircraft · flight school
- Garden Spot Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- Smoketown Flight Center LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 653 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Pittsburgh International (PIT) 382 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Orlando International (MCO) 116 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 97 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Westchester County (HPN) 2 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze, Tradewind Aviation
- Bradley International (BDL) 1 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Westover Arb/Metro (CEF) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Bishop International (FNT) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 23 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 234 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,181 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LNS.json.
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 27, 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.