AirportsRickenbacker International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Columbus, in Ohio, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LCK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LCK
- ICAO code
- KLCK
- City
- Columbus
- State or region
- Ohio
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 39.8138° N, 82.9278° W
- Elevation
- 227 m (744 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,689 m (12,103 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LCK means Rickenbacker International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KLCK. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 39.8138° N, 82.9278° W. It stands 227 metres (744 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Rickenbacker International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,689 metres (12,103 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 24.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05R/23L | 3,689 m 12,103 ft | 61 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 05L/23R | 3,628 m 11,902 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| John Glenn Columbus International AirportColumbus | CMH | 21 km |
| James M. Cox Dayton International AirportDayton | DAY | 111 km |
| Mid Ohio Valley Regional AirportParkersburg (Williamstown) | PKB | 138 km |
| Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken FieldCincinnati | LUK | 150 km |
| Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson FieldHuntington | HTS | 164 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,137 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,000 km | 16 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,588 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,193 km | 8 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 782 km | 1 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,201 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,384 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,562 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,232 km | 18 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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