Lynchburg Regional Airport
Lynchburg Regional Airport Preston Glenn Field | |||||||||||||||
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Airport main signage, off U.S. 29 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Lynchburg | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Lynchburg, Virginia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 938 ft / 286 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°19′31″N 079°12′04″W / 37.32528°N 79.20111°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | flylyh.com | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
Lynchburg Regional Airport (IATA: LYH, ICAO: KLYH, FAA LID: LYH), also known as Preston Glenn Field, is a public use airport in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. It is located at the intersection of Route 29 South and Route 460, five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) southwest of the central business district of the City of Lynchburg, which owns the airport. Opened in 1931, it was originally named Preston Glenn Airport in honor of Lt. Preston Glenn, a Lynchburg native who died while serving in World War I as an Army Air Corps pilot. Mostly used for general aviation, the airport is also served by one commercial airline, American Airlines, flying Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service facility. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 83,392 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2018, 86,366 enplanements in 2009, and 93,772 in 2010.