DescriptionCincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field (Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) (IATA: LUK, ICAO: KLUK, FAA LID: LUK) is a public airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, three miles (5 km) southeast of Downtown Cincinnati. It serves private aircraft and the fleets of local corporations. It serves a few commercial flights and is the second largest airport serving Cincinnati after Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. It is known as Lunken Airport or Lunken Field. Lunken is also home to small charter airline Flamingo Air and its aviation school. Cincinnati Municipal Airport (Lunken Airport) was Cincinnati's airline airport until 1947. It is in the Little Miami River valley near Columbia, the site of the first Cincinnati-area settlement in 1788. When the 1,000-acre (400 ha) airfield opened in 1925 it was the largest municipal airfield in the world. On December 17, 1925, the Embry-Riddle Company was formed at Lunken Airport by T. Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle. A few years later the company moved to Florida, and later became the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Cincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field covers 1,140 acres (460 ha) and has three runways: 3L/21R: 3,802 x 100 ft (1,159 x 30 m) Asphalt. 3R/21L: 6,101 x 150 ft (1,860 x 46 m) Asphalt. 7/25: 5,128 x 100 ft (1,563 x 30 m) Asphalt. The above description has been prepared by IPACS forum user JetJockey10. Although this website is moderated as far as is possible, the text above does not represent the views of the administrator of FSCloudPort. If you have any concerns about the above content please email admin@
Runways3 / 211403m x 30mModel size:1419m33m3R / 21L1841m x 45mModel size:1880m47m Author
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