# La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE / KLSE)

**La Crosse Regional Airport** (IATA: LSE, ICAO: KLSE) is a medium airport in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. It opened in 1935. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,742 ft (2,665 m). In 2025 it handled 89 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LSE / KLSE
- FAA: LSE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
- Opened: 1935
- Elevation: 655 ft / 200 m
- Coordinates: 43.8790, -91.2567
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 8,742 ft / 2,665 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 88,969 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.lseairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Crosse_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369185
- Weather station: KLSE · WMO 72643
- Ident: KLSE

## Timeline

- 1935: La Crosse Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 8,742 ft / 2,665 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 179° / 359° | yes |
| 13/31 | 6,050 ft / 1,844 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 04/22 | 5,199 ft / 1,585 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 036° / 216° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00219AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 179,935 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 180,797 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 178,945 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 197,278 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 191,942 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 87,474 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 160,608 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 126,762 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 85,928 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 81,195 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 88,969 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 214 mi / 345 km · American Eagle
- [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 1,181 mi / 1,901 km · Allegiant Air
- [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 1,281 mi / 2,061 km · Allegiant Air
- [AZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwa.md) Mesa Gateway Airport · United States · 1,316 mi / 2,118 km · Allegiant Air

### Cargo (1)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 119 mi / 192 km · UPS Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 3
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 89K (2025) | #1,859 of 3,974 | #416 in North America | #281 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,742 ft / 2,665 m | #1,972 of 29,858 | #437 in North America | #323 in US |
| Elevation | 655 ft / 200 m | #24,303 of 43,403 | #11,646 in North America | #9,683 in US |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =128 in North America | =112 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.950 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 128.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.450 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | GREEN BAY RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.450 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [VOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvok.md) Volk Field · 50 mi / 81 km
- [RST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krst.md) Rochester International Airport · 62 mi / 100 km
- [EAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keau.md) Chippewa Valley Regional Airport · 69 mi / 111 km
- [CCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kccy.md) Northeast Iowa Regional Airport · 88 mi / 141 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: “La Crosse Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Crosse_Regional_Airport&oldid=1375061838), revision of 15 Sep 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/klse/data