# Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport (LWS / KLWS)

**Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport** (IATA: LWS, ICAO: KLWS) is a medium airport in Lewiston, Idaho, United States. It opened in Jul 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,511 ft (1,985 m). In 2025 it handled 79 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LWS / KLWS
- FAA: LWS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lewiston, Idaho, United States
- Opened: Jul 1944
- Elevation: 1,442 ft / 440 m
- Coordinates: 46.3745, -117.0150
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,511 ft / 1,985 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 78,900 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.lcairport.net
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewiston%E2%80%93Nez_Perce_County_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6537416
- Weather station: KLWS · WMO 72783
- Ident: KLWS

## Timeline

- Jul 1944: Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 6,511 ft / 1,985 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 099° / 279° | yes |
| 12/30 | 5,003 ft / 1,525 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | yes |

- 12/30 slopes 1.4%: threshold 12 at 1,370 ft / 418 m, threshold 30 at 1,442 ft / 440 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00515AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 151,694 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 152,499 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 154,469 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 116,559 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 81,391 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 31,753 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 61,586 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 83,714 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 75,742 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 112,579 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 78,900 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 260 mi / 419 km · Delta Connection
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 460 mi / 741 km · Delta Connection

### Cargo (2)

- [GEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgeg.md) Spokane International Airport · United States · 89 mi / 144 km · FedEx Express
- [BFI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfi.md) King County International Airport - Boeing Field · United States · 262 mi / 421 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 2

### Cargo (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 79K (2025) | #1,905 of 3,974 | #426 in North America | #288 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,511 ft / 1,985 m | #4,049 of 29,858 | #986 in North America | #746 in US |
| Elevation | 1,442 ft / 440 m | #12,524 of 43,403 | #5,395 in North America | #4,123 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.575 |
| CNTR | SEATTLE CNTR | 123.950 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | BOISE RDO | 122.350 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [PUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpuw.md) Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [ALW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalw.md) Walla Walla Regional Airport · 64 mi / 103 km
- [GEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgeg.md) Spokane International Airport · 89 mi / 144 km
- [SKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kska.md) Fairchild Air Force Base · 91 mi / 146 km
- [SFF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksff.md) Felts Field · 92 mi / 147 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: “Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lewiston–Nez_Perce_County_Airport&oldid=1363053561), 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/klws/data