LCK

Rickenbacker International Airport

ICAO KLCK39.8138°N 82.9278°W744 ft / 227 mMedium airport
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LCK Aerial
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Rickenbacker International Airport (IATA: LCK, ICAO: KLCK) is a medium airport in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 12,103 ft (3,689 m). In 2025 it handled 341 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedRickenbacker International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 1 helipad · FAA diagram PDF
Rickenbacker Passenger Terminal
05R/23L045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH12,103 ft3,689 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
05L/23R045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH11,902 ft3,628 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
93K
165K
203K
266K
306K
307K
207K
295K
294K
297K
284K
341K
141516171819202122232425

Routes

10 destinations · 4 countries
Cargo10
CAKAkron Canton Regional AirportUnited States · Castle Aviation176 km109 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · Castle Aviation200 km124 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express288 km179 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Cargolux, Emirates SkyCargo483 km300 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Cargolux, Emirates SkyCargo782 km486 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express817 km508 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Cargolux5,020 km3,119 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Cargolux6,706 km4,167 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Emirates SkyCargo6,833 km4,246 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air Cargo10,914 km6,782 mi
Most destinationsCargolux 4Emirates SkyCargo 3Castle Aviation 2FedEx Express 2Korean Air Cargo 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LCK. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Rickenbacker International Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers341K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,283of 3,974 · #292 North America · #196 USLongest runway12,103 ft3,689 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#291of 29,823 · #66 North America · #56 USElevation744 ft227 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#22,524of 43,341 · #10,687 North America · #8,820 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
APPCOLUMBUS APP119.150
AWOSAWOS 3132.750
DEPCOLUMBUS DEP123.800
GNDGND121.850
OPSARNG OPS36.700
POSTCOMD POST23.880
TWRRICK TWR120.050
UNICUNICOM122.950