Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport

Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport
MFD Airport Diagram
IATA: MFD ICAO: KMFD FAA LID: MFD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Mansfield
Serves	Mansfield, Ohio
Location	Mansfield, Ohio
Elevation AMSL	1,297 ft / 395 m
Website	http://www.ci.mansfield.oh.us/index.php/lahm-airport
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 9,001 2,744 Asphalt 5/23 6,795 2,071 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H2 24 7 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 19,345 Based aircraft 72
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Coordinates: 40°49′17″N 82°31′0″W / 40.82139°N 82.51667°W / 40.82139; -82.51667

Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport (IATA: MFD, ICAO: KMFD, FAA LID: MFD) is a city-owned and operated, civil-military airport three miles (5 km) north of Mansfield, in Richland County, Ohio. By car the airport is an hour away from Cleveland and Columbus, near Interstate I-71, US Rt 30, State Route 13.

The airport covers 2,340 acres (950 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 14/32 is 9,001 x 150 ft (2,744 x 46 m) and 5/23 is 6,795 x 150 ft (2,071 x 46 m). It has one helipad, 24 x 24 ft (7 x 7 m) asphalt. The airport adjoins several industrial parks.

The airport is home to the Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base and the 179th Airlift Wing (179 AW), an Ohio Air National Guard unit operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC). The unit has about 1000 personnel, of which about 300 are full-time Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and Air Reserve Technician (ART) personnel and the remaining 760 are traditional part-time air national guardsmen. The wing has been active at Mansfield Lahm since its establishment in 1948, operating a variety of fighter aircraft until 1976 when it transitioned to an airlift mission with C-130 Hercules aircraft. The wing has performed service during Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Retiring their C-130's in 2009, the 179th flew the C-27 Spartan until 2013, at which time it began transitioning back to the C-130.