Lancaster Regional Airport
is two miles south of
Lancaster, in
Dallas County, Texas
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.
Formerly Lancaster Airport, the
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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for 2011–2015
categorized
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it as a
general aviation ''
reliever airport''.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier for the
FAA and
IATA
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, but this airport is LNC to the FAA and has no IATA code. (IATA assigned LNC to
Lengbati Airport in
Lengbati,
Papua New Guinea).
Facilities
The airport covers 548
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s (222
ha) at an elevation of 501 feet (153 m). Its single runway, 13/31, is 6,500 by 100 feet (1,981 x 30 m) asphalt.
In the year ending November 3, 2023, the airport had 67,100 aircraft operations, average 184 per day: 100%
general aviation and <1% military. 68 aircraft were then based at this airport: 52 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 1 jet, 4
helicopter, and 1 glider.
See also
*
List of airports in Texas
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References
External links
Lancaster Regional Airportat City of Lancaster website
* at
Texas DOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of March 1995from
USGS ''
The National Map''
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