STL
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
St. Louis Lambert International Airport (IATA: STL, ICAO: KSTL) is a large airport in St Louis, Missouri, United States. It opened in 1910. It has 4 runways; the longest is 11,020 ft (3,359 m). In 2025 it handled 15.1 million passengers.
Timeline
6 events · 1910–19941910
OpenedSt. Louis Lambert International Airport opens.
05 AUG 1936
DisasterChicago and Southern Flight 4.8 killed
01 AUG 1943
Disaster1943 St. Louis glider accident.10 killed
28 FEB 1966
Disaster1966 NASA T-38 crash.2 killed
22 NOV 1994
DisasterAviation accident.
22 NOV 1994
Disaster1994 St. Louis Airport collision.2 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF12R/30L122° / 302° · LIT
LENGTH11,020 ft3,359 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
12L/30R122° / 302° · LIT
LENGTH9,013 ft2,747 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
11/29122° / 302° · LIT
LENGTH9,000 ft2,743 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
06/24063° / 243° · LIT
LENGTH7,603 ft2,317 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2014–202512.4M
13.0M
14.0M
14.9M
15.7M
16.0M
6.4M
10.5M
13.8M
15.1M
15.8M
15.1M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
59 destinations · 7 countriesYear-round45
MCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines380 km236 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines404 km251 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines +1415 km258 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines437 km272 miMKEGeneral Mitchell International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines511 km318 miOMAEppley AirfieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines549 km341 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines657 km408 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines707 km439 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines721 km448 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines779 km484 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines783 km487 miDALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines878 km546 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines885 km550 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines889 km552 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines924 km574 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,072 km666 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,076 km669 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,108 km688 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express1,118 km695 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines1,154 km717 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,161 km721 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,184 km736 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,213 km754 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines +11,236 km768 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,266 km787 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,306 km812 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express1,400 km870 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,400 km870 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,420 km882 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, Southwest Airlines1,426 km886 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,456 km905 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,578 km981 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines1,680 km1,044 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,702 km1,058 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,721 km1,069 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,856 km1,153 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,997 km1,241 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines2,026 km1,259 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines2,202 km1,368 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,501 km1,554 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines2,557 km1,589 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,695 km1,675 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines2,744 km1,705 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,786 km1,731 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa7,373 km4,581 miSeasonal24
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection707 km439 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Sun Country Airlines721 km448 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines924 km574 miPNSPensacola International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines965 km600 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines984 km611 miSAVSavannah Hilton Head International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,109 km689 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,135 km705 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,154 km717 miMYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,170 km727 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,260 km783 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,400 km870 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,648 km1,024 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,702 km1,058 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,721 km1,069 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,856 km1,153 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · American Airlines1,997 km1,241 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle2,026 km1,259 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · Southwest Airlines2,522 km1,567 miBURHollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,543 km1,580 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · Southwest Airlines2,553 km1,586 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines2,742 km1,704 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines3,089 km1,919 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · Southwest Airlines3,260 km2,026 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways6,742 km4,189 miMost destinationsSouthwest Airlines 51American Eagle 9Frontier Airlines 9American Airlines 8United Express 5United Airlines 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from STL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “St. Louis Lambert International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
16 channelsAPPST LOUIS APP120.050
APPSOUTH/WEST SECONDARY121.025
ATISATIS125.025
CLDCLNC DEL119.500
DEPST LOUIS DEP N/E119.150
GNDRWAY 11-29118.925
OPSANG OPS29.790
RDOST LOUIS RDO122.050
TWRRWAY 12L-30R120.050
TWRRWAY 12R-30L118.500
UNICUNICOM122.950
GNDSAINT LOUIS GROUND OUTBOUND121.650
GNDSAINT LOUIS GROUND INBOUND121.900
TWRRWY 06 AND 11-29132.475
APPSAINT LOUIS APPROACH SECONDARY123.700
DEPST LOUIS DEP S/W128.100