Lancaster Airport
Lancaster Airport
Lancaster Airport (IATA: LNS, FAA LID: KLNS, TC LID: LNS) is a public use airport four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) north of the central business district of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the Lancaster Airport Authority. It is served by one commuter airline subsidized by the Essential Air Service program and one charter airline. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a general aviation airport based on enplanements in 2008 (less than 2,500 per year); however, it qualifies as a non-primary commercial service airport based on yearly enplanements in later years.
Location
40.122°N, 76.296°O · 123 m s. n. m. (403 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 5 Official publication
Tower
Ground
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
UNICOM
Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.
History
The Lancaster Airport was formed over 75 years ago as a private airport. In 1933 the Lancaster Joint Aviation Committee was formed and the decision was made to operate a municipal airport. Using war relief funds and knowing that the airport would benefit local unemployed constructors, the Lancaster Joint Aviation Committee moved forward on modernizing the airport. They purchased 180 acres of farmland in southern Lititz and constructed the airport.
In 1936 Lancaster became the second airport in Pennsylvania with two hard surface runways, and was certified for both night and daytime operations.
After World War II the airport was becoming obsolete, so using government funds the airport was expanded and modernized, with 22% of the funds needed for the update being raised by the community.
On June 18, 1949 the airport was dedicated after upgrades were completed.
Over the years the airport continued to improve; the terminal was renovated and expanded in the mid-1990s. Most recently, runway 8/26 was expanded in length, bringing it to 6,934 feet long and 150 feet wide.
Airlines operating here · 2
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). Lancaster Airport (LNS). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LNS
MLA
“Lancaster Airport (LNS).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LNS. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Lancaster Airport (LNS).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 16, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LNS.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Lancaster Airport (LNS). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LNS (Accessed: 25 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Lancaster Airport (LNS)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-16},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LNS},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LNS}},
urldate = {2026-10-25},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}Wikipedia
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