# Lincoln Airport (LNK / KLNK)

**Lincoln Airport** (IATA: LNK, ICAO: KLNK) is a medium airport in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 12,901 ft (3,932 m). In 2025 it handled 272 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LNK / KLNK
- FAA: LNK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,219 ft / 372 m
- Coordinates: 40.8449, -96.7618
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 12,901 ft / 3,932 m
- Instrument procedures: 14 approaches
- Passengers: 272,297 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.lincolnairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Airport_(Nebraska) (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3545147
- Weather station: KLNK · WMO 72551
- Ident: KLNK

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Lincoln Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 12,901 ft / 3,932 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 14/32 | 8,649 ft / 2,636 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | yes |
| 17/35 | 5,801 ft / 1,768 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00232AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 288,082 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 320,361 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 326,685 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 311,721 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 300,809 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 331,770 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 106,176 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 189,408 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 189,525 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 272,082 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 262,304 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 272,297 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 1,046 mi / 1,683 km · Breeze Airways
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 1,224 mi / 1,970 km · Breeze Airways

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Red Way](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-way)

### Passenger (1)

- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 272K (2025) | #1,391 of 3,974 | #314 in North America | #210 in US |
| Longest runway | 12,901 ft / 3,932 m | #171 of 29,858 | #49 in North America | #40 in US |
| Elevation | 1,219 ft / 372 m | #14,792 of 43,403 | #6,409 in North America | #5,008 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 124.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.050 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 120.700 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| MISC | ARNG OPS | 123.075 |
| OPS | ANG OPS | 25.960 |
| RDO | COLUMBUS RDO | 122.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [OFF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koff.md) Offutt Air Force Base · 48 mi / 78 km
- [OLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kolu.md) Columbus Municipal Airport · 51 mi / 83 km
- [OMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koma.md) Eppley Airfield · 55 mi / 89 km
- [GRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgri.md) Central Nebraska Regional Airport · 81 mi / 131 km
- [OFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kofk.md) Karl Stefan Memorial Airport · 86 mi / 139 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: “Lincoln Airport (Nebraska)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lincoln_Airport_(Nebraska)&oldid=1370273973), revision of 20 Aug 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/klnk/data