Lynchburg Regional Airport

Lynchburg Regional Airport Preston Glenn Field
Airport main signage, off U.S. 29
IATA: LYH ICAO: KLYH FAA LID: LYH
Summary
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 / 37.32528; -79.20111Coordinates: 37°19′31″N 079°12′04″W / 37.32528°N 79.20111°W / 37.32528; -79.20111
Website	www.lynchburgva.gov/...
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 7,100 2,164 Asphalt 17/35 3,386 1,032 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 85,974 Based aircraft 77
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. Originally known as Preston Glenn Airport, it was named for 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 commercial airline American Airlines, with modern Dash 8 turboprops and Canadair Regional Jet 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 55,307 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 86,366 enplanements in 2009, and 93,772 in 2010.