# Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL / KLBL)

**Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport** (IATA: LBL, ICAO: KLBL) is a medium airport in Liberal, Kansas, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,105 ft (2,166 m). In 2025 it handled 19 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LBL / KLBL
- FAA: LBL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Liberal, Kansas, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 2,885 ft / 880 m
- Coordinates: 37.0442, -100.9600
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,105 ft / 2,166 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 18,660 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://cityofliberalairport.org
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Mid-America_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6540690
- Weather station: KLBL
- Ident: KLBL

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 7,105 ft / 2,166 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 04/22 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 045° / 225° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00498AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 5,484 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 4,857 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 13,495 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 5,835 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 13,091 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 24,696 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 29,085 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 24,140 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 18,660 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [DDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kddc.md) Dodge City Regional Airport · United States · 74 mi / 119 km · United Express
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 280 mi / 450 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LBL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 19K (2025) | #2,467 of 3,974 | #579 in North America | #399 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,105 ft / 2,166 m | #3,391 of 29,858 | #771 in North America | #579 in US |
| Elevation | 2,885 ft / 880 m | #5,788 of 43,403 | #2,851 in North America | #2,193 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.375 |
| CNTR | KANSAS CITY CNTR | 134.000 |
| RDO | WICHITA RDO | 122.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [GUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kguy.md) Guymon Municipal Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [GCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgck.md) Garden City Regional Airport · 62 mi / 100 km
- [DDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kddc.md) Dodge City Regional Airport · 74 mi / 119 km
- [WWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwwr.md) West Woodward Airport · 90 mi / 145 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liberal_Mid-America_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363053621), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbl/data