AirportsLynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field is a medium-sized airport serving Lynchburg, in Virginia, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LYH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LYH
- ICAO code
- KLYH
- City
- Lynchburg
- State or region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.3267° N, 79.2004° W
- Elevation
- 286 m (938 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,164 m (7,100 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LYH means Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KLYH. 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 37.3267° N, 79.2004° W. It stands 286 metres (938 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Roanoke, about 66 km away in a straight line.
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
Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,164 metres (7,100 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 330.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,164 m 7,100 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 1,032 m 3,386 ft | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional AirportRoanoke | ROA | 69 km |
| Shenandoah Valley Regional AirportWeyers Cave | SHD | 108 km |
| Charlottesville Albemarle AirportCharlottesville | CHO | 112 km |
| Greenbrier Valley AirportLewisburg | LWB | 121 km |
| Piedmont Triad International AirportGreensboro | GSO | 151 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,283 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,093 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,592 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,135 km | 7 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 596 km | 1 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,538 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,702 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,969 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,501 km | 19 h 10 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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