Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field
LYH · KLYH · Lynchburg, Virginia · Campbell County · map
Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lynchburg, 5 miles southwest of Lynchburg, Virginia, 938 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 7,100 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLYH · observed 4:54 pm EDT (20:54 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLYH 062054Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01890061 56023
TAF KLYH 061722Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071300 21006KT 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 LYH · ICAO KLYH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lynchburg
- Elevation
- 938 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 10:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:59 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,100 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,386 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,800 ft available for landing
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 127.65 | Lynchburg |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.8 | Lynchburg |
| Ground | 121.9 | Lynchburg |
| Approach and departure East of lyh vortac | 125.475 | Lynchburg |
| Approach and departure West of lyh vortac | 135.0 | Lynchburg |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lynchburg |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 434-205-0756.
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Aircraft registered in Lynchburg from the FAA register
92 aircraft are registered to owners in Lynchburg, Virginia: 65 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 7 business jets, 4 turboprops, 3 balloons. 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 Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 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
- Taxiway G UNCONTROLLED-NOT visible from the control tower.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights 17/35; PAPI runway 17/35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 unavailable when the control tower closed. Runway 04/22 PAPI lighted 24 hours.
- Runway 17/35 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. Runway 17/35 300 feet overrun each end.
- Birds and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 17/35 prior permission required for aircraft over 12500 pounds.
- Taxiway G closed to air carrier and aircraft over 12500 pounds.
- All surfaces work in progress mowing/maintenance.
- Extensive flight training on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.