Lawrenceville-Vincennes International
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Lawrenceville-Vincennes International is a public-use airport owned by Bi-State Authority, 3 miles northeast of Lawrenceville, Illinois, 430 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,199 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLWV · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLWV 062053Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 24/07 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02390067 56028
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 LWV · ICAO KLWV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Bi-State Authority
- Elevation
- 430 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,199 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 5,198 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04U/22U | 1,000 × 200 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: pulsating on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 09: pulsating on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
- Runway 22U: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.6 | |
| Lwv and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.0 | |
| Evansville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.3 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 618-943-5252.
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 Lawrenceville from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Lawrenceville, Illinois: 12 piston singles, 7 gliders, 5 drones, 3 turboprops, 1 helicopter. 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 Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Glider actvty sunrise to sunset. Runways 09/27 and 18/36 have left hand traffic pattern for glider aircraft.
- Activate odals runway 27; runway end identifier lights runway 9, 27, 18 and 36; PAPI runway 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset on low intst to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Traffic pattern indicators on sod runway 4U/22U
- Runway 09/27 and 18/36 900 feet above ground level pwrd aircraft; runway 04U/22U 500 feet above ground level maximum ultralights.
- Joint owned - city of Vincennes in and Lawrenceville IL.
- Pvasi unusable beyond 8 degrees left of centerline and beyond 6 degrees right of centerline.
- Pvasi unusable beyond 8 degrees left of centerline and beyond 6 degrees right of centerline.
- Be alert; odals for runway 27 are in operation simultaneously with runway end identifier lightss on runway 18.
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.