# Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK / KLUK)

**Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field** (IATA: LUK, ICAO: KLUK) is a medium airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It opened in 1925. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,101 ft (1,860 m). It is operated by Cincinnati Division of Aviation. In 2025 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LUK / KLUK
- FAA: LUK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Cincinnati Division of Aviation
- Owner: City of Cincinnati
- Serves: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Opened: 1925 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 482 ft / 147 m
- Coordinates: 39.1024, -84.4189
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,101 ft / 1,860 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 5 arrivals
- Passengers: 3,091 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/dote/lunken-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunken_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275007
- Weather station: KLUK
- Ident: KLUK

## Timeline

- 1925: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 6,101 ft / 1,860 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 021° / 201° | yes |
| 07/25 | 5,127 ft / 1,563 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00083AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 34,847 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 50,146 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 60,816 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 57,973 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 54,709 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 11,206 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 3,772 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,395 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 3,091 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2025) | #3,053 of 3,974 | #814 in North America | #588 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,101 ft / 1,860 m | =4,402 of 29,858 | =1,176 in North America | =914 in US |
| Elevation | 482 ft / 147 m | #27,470 of 43,403 | #13,063 in North America | #10,932 in US |
| Age | Opened 1925 | =244 of 15,079 | =37 in North America | =35 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 121.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.250 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | DAYTON RDO | 122.400 |
| TWR | LUNKEN TWR | 118.700 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [ILN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiln.md) Wilmington Airpark · 40 mi / 65 km
- [FFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kffo.md) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base · 54 mi / 87 km
- [DAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kday.md) James M. Cox Dayton International Airport · 56 mi / 91 km
- [SGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksgh.md) Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport · 60 mi / 96 km
- [LEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klex.md) Blue Grass Airport · 74 mi / 120 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: “Lunken Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lunken_Airport&oldid=1376864913), revision of 26 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/kluk/data