# Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field (LYH / KLYH)

**Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field** (IATA: LYH, ICAO: KLYH) is a medium airport in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It opened in Aug 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,100 ft (2,164 m). In 2025 it handled 144 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LYH / KLYH
- FAA: LYH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Aug 1937
- Elevation: 938 ft / 286 m
- Coordinates: 37.3267, -79.2004
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,100 ft / 2,164 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 144,336 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.lynchburgva.gov/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynchburg_Regional_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708484
- Weather station: KLYH · WMO 72410
- Ident: KLYH

## Timeline

- Aug 1937: Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 028° / 208° | yes |
| 17/35 | 3,386 ft / 1,032 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00499AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 152,098 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 151,694 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 164,288 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 165,332 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 184,776 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 89,167 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 140,135 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 152,522 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 148,378 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 162,838 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 144,336 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 147 mi / 236 km · United Express
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 175 mi / 282 km · American Eagle
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 563 mi / 906 km · United Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 144K (2025) | #1,675 of 3,974 | #375 in North America | #248 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | =3,396 of 29,858 | =774 in North America | =582 in US |
| Elevation | 938 ft / 286 m | #18,773 of 43,403 | #8,495 in North America | #6,855 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ROANOKE APP/DEP | 125.470 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 127.650 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | LEESBURG RDO | 109.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 127.650 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ROA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kroa.md) Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [DAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdan.md) Danville Regional Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [W63](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw63.md) Lake Country Regional Airport · 62 mi / 99 km
- [SHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kshd.md) Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport · 67 mi / 108 km
- [CHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcho.md) Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · 69 mi / 112 km
- [LWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klwb.md) Greenbrier Valley Airport · 75 mi / 121 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: “Lynchburg Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lynchburg_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364648491), revision of 17 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/klyh/data