Lawrence Municipal
LWM · KLWM · Lawrence, Massachusetts · Essex County · map
Lawrence Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lawrence, 2 miles east of Lawrence, Massachusetts, 148 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 161 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 79,865 takeoffs and landings a year. About 67 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lawrence Municipal?
Its FAA code is LWM, and its ICAO code is KLWM.
Where is Lawrence Municipal?
It is 2 miles east of Lawrence, Massachusetts, 148 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lawrence Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 5,001 feet long.
Does Lawrence Municipal have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lawrence Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lawrence Municipal?
Airline flights go to 2 airports, the busiest of them Teterboro, Nantucket Memorial. Every route
Are there flight schools at Lawrence Municipal?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Eagle East Aviation INC and Boston Center Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lawrence Municipal?
7 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 Lawrence Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LWM · ICAO KLWM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lawrence
- Elevation
- 148 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 3,654 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 13 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 80 ft, trees 7 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.25 | Lawrence |
| UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.75 | Lawrence |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 124.3 | Lawrence |
| Clearance delivery When lwm tower closed | 126.15 | Lawrence |
| Approach and departure · Dreem and star · Zelka and star | 124.4 | Lawrence |
| Dreem and star | 119.0 | Lawrence |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 978-687-8017.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, cargo handling, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Beverly Regional (12 nm southeast), Laurence G Hanscom Field (17 nm southwest), Boire Field (18 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 Massachusetts · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Hill 5400 feet southeast and standpipe 7200 feet northeast; lighted.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05, 23, 14 and 32; PAPI runway 05, 23 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for aircraft registered to corporation only.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Lighted stack 296 feet above sea level 1/2 MI northwest aer 23.
- Closed traffic pattern, initiate TURN-OUT at 700 feet above ground level.
- Use rsnbl efforts to mntn MANUFACTURER'S recommended best roc.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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 3 departures from LWM in those twelve months, carrying 7 passengers in 24 seats (29% filled), to 2 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Municipal → Teterboro LWM–TEB | 2 | 3 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Lawrence Municipal → Nantucket Memorial LWM–ACK | 1 | 4 | Tradewind Aviation |
All 2 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 | 136 |
| multi-engine | 14 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 6 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 79,865, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 948 |
| general aviation, travelling | 35,676 |
| general aviation, local | 43,212 |
| military | 29 |
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 Lawrence from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Lawrence, Massachusetts: 7 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Massachusetts.
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:
- Eagle East Aviation INC 6 aircraft · North Andover, 3 miles away Eagle East Aviation is a flight school and FBO based at Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWM) in North Andover, Massachusetts.
- Boston Center Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Dracut, 9 miles away
- Beverly Flight Center LLC 6 aircraft · Middleton, 10 miles away Beverly Flight Center is a flight school based in Danvers, Massachusetts, offering pilot training from introductory flights through airline transport pilot certification.
- North Shore Aero Club INC 4 aircraft · Beverly, 14 miles away North Shore Aero Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Beverly Regional Airport on the North Shore of Boston.
- Queen City Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Chelmsford, 15 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 25 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners.
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Bedford, MA (17 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Michael Rhodes private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Nashua, NH (18 nm) · (603) 759-8300 · [email protected]
- Christopher Allen Thresher private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Manchester, NH (19 nm) · (603) 203-0486 · [email protected]
- Jared Patrick Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · North Hampton, NH (20 nm) · (202) 280-3592 · [email protected]
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord Aviation Services · Concord, NH (34 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
- Mark Albert Favolise private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sanford, ME (45 nm) · (207) 432-9866 · [email protected]
- James Victor Loranger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Emerson Aviation · Gilford, NH (49 nm) · (207) 839-2443 · [email protected]
All 44 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 29 since 1982, 4 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 Lawrence 11 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Eagle East Aviation INC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Boston Center Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Beverly Flight Center LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Teterboro (TEB) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 29 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Massachusetts 987 since 1982 · 91 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Massachusetts 38 landing places
- Massachusetts 2,648 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LWM.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.