Lorain County Regional Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Lorain County Board of Commissioners | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lorain / Elyria, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Location | New Russia Township | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 793 ft / 242 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°20′39.4″N 082°10′39.5″W / 41.344278°N 82.177639°WCoordinates: 41°20′39.4″N 082°10′39.5″W / 41.344278°N 82.177639°W | ||||||||||
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Lorain County Regional Airport (IATA: LPR[2], ICAO: KLPR, FAA LID: LPR) is a public airport in Lorain County, Ohio,[1] owned by the Lorain County Board of Commissioners[1] and located in New Russia Township.[3] The airport is about 7 miles south of Lorain[1] and 5 miles southwest of Elyria.[4] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
Lorain County Regional Airport covers 1,149 acres (465 ha) at an elevation of 793 feet (242 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt runway, 7/25, 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m).[1]
In the year ending August 11, 2010 the airport had 42,610 aircraft operations, average 116 per day: 82% general aviation, 18% air taxi, and <1% military. 88 aircraft were then based at the airport: 82% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 6% helicopter, and 2% jet.[1]
Incidents
- On January 18, 2010, a Mitsubishi MU-2-2B-60 turboprop crashed on approach, killing four.[6][7][8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Master Record for LPR (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Lorain County Regional Airport (IATA: LPR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Lorain County Regional Airport". Lorain County. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
- ↑ "Distance and heading from Elyria (41°22'24"N 82°06'06"W) to LPR (41°20'39"N 82°10'39"W)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ "Wife: Pilot husband among 3 killed in Ohio crash". Associated Press. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ↑ "NTSB: No Signs of Trouble in Fatal Plane Crash". Fox 8 News. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ↑ "Pilot error caused plane crash that killed four". Lorain Morning Journal.
External links
- Airport page at Lorain County website
- MRK Aviation, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- Aerial photo as of March 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for LPR, effective December 8, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LPR
- AirNav airport information for KLPR
- ASN accident history for LPR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures