Cincinnati Muni/Lunken Field
LUK · KLUK · Cincinnati, Ohio · Hamilton County · map
Cincinnati Muni/Lunken Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cincinnati, 3 miles southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio, 482 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 6,101 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KLUK · observed 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 38°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 3 miles, mist, clear skies MVFR
- From Wed 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 1 mile, mist, clear skies IFR
- At times between Wed 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC) and 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): visibility ½ mile, fog, sky obscured at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLUK 062053Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 22/03 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02220033 56030
TAF KLUK 061720Z 0618/0718 11005KT P6SM SKC FM070500 00000KT 3SM BR SKC FM070800 00000KT 1SM BR SKC TEMPO 0708/0712 1/2SM FG VV002 FM071400 23009KT 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 LUK · ICAO KLUK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cincinnati
- Elevation
- 482 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,101 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 5,127 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 106 ft high 2,094 ft from the end
- Runway 21: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 47 ft high 962 ft from the end
- Runway 07: threshold displaced 439 ft, building 30 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 25: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 57 ft high 1,261 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.7 | Lunken |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 123.6 | Lunken |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Lunken |
| Clearance delivery When luk tower closed | 124.9 | Lunken |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | Lunken |
| Luk and vot | 108.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 513-321-6291.
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 Cincinnati from the FAA register
294 aircraft are registered to owners in Cincinnati, Ohio: 190 piston singles, 51 business jets, 17 piston twins, 11 turboprops, 7 helicopters. 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 Ohio.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 27 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
- Located 1.7 NM east of arp.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate or incr intst approach lights (MALSR) runway 21; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 preset med intst. Runway 07/25 pcl unavailable.
- A+ C513-871-2020.
- Runway 07/25 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- +35 feet hngr, 615 feet dist, 157 feet R, approach ratio 19:1 to dthr.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess left of centerline.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Aer 25 and 21 are closely located; vfy cor runway with compass hdg bfr departure.
- Taxiway D, east, G, and H closed to unscheduled air carrier operations gtr than 30 passenger seats.
- Airport surface condition unmon daily 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Taxiway H not vsb from the control tower, contact GC. when the control tower closed, use 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.