Lawson Army Airfield (Fort Benning)
LSF · KLSF · Fort Benning (Columbus), Georgia · Chattahoochee County · map
Lawson Army Airfield (Fort Benning) is a private airport owned by the US Army Atca-Aso, 5 miles southwest of Fort Benning (Columbus), Georgia, 227 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 10,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A, Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LSF · ICAO KLSF
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Atca-Aso
- Elevation
- 227 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1230++mon-0400z++ saturday, except holidays.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A, Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 10,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 33: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, SALSF, threshold displaced 700 ft, 9,302 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.05 | Lawson |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.375 | Lawson |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.7 | Lawson |
| Approach and departure | 125.5 | Lawson |
| Approach and departure 7000 feet and above | 126.55 | Lawson |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lawson |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.45 | Lawson |
| Adzy Benning advisory | 126.2 | Lawson |
| Precision approach radar | 132.4 | Lawson |
| Precision approach radar (secondary) | 133.525 | Lawson |
| Base and operations | 134.1 | Lawson |
| Alcp | 141.8 | Lawson |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A, Jet A with additives
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Columbus Airport (11 nm north), Weedon Field (24 nm south), Marion County (25 nm east), Auburn University Regional (28 nm northwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Columbus Airport (11 nm north), Weedon Field (24 nm south), Auburn University Regional (28 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 Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Lox service not available.
- Activate PAPI runway 15 and 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. Salsf on drg tower open.
- Pattern altitude: fixed wing aircraft 1800 feet, 360 degrees ovhd 2300 feet, rotary wing 1000 feet.
- Fuel a++ refuel service available MON-FRI 1230-0400Z++, except holidays: OT 72 hour prior permission required rqr.
- Oil: O-128-148-156.
- Services: tran alert: service closed 0400Z++ Saturday through 1230++ Monday, except holidays, OT 72 hour prior permission required rqr.
- Adv service rqsts on base operations frequencies when the control tower closed.
- Extensive troop carrier operates. Prcht drops at 1550 feet within 3.5 NM of airport. Extensive hop.
- Traffic pattern: rstrd to the west of runway.
- Misc: when tower closed, contact airport adzy service on tower frequency. Lavatory and aircraft cleaning service not available.
- Misc: no customs services available.
- SERVICE-LGT-UNMTO when alfd closed. Afld operations ltd to tenant aircraft when afld closed.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Benning (Columbus) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Benning (Columbus), GA as the owner's town.
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:
- River City Aero Club INC 2 aircraft · Columbus, 13 miles away
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- River City Aero Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LSF.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 29, 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.