Airport type Public Serves Lawton, Oklahoma Website www.FlyLawton.org Code LAW Phone +1 580-353-4869 | Owner City of Lawton Elevation AMSL 1,110 ft / 338 m 17/35 8,599 Elevation 338 m | |
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Address 3401 SW 11th St, Lawton, OK 73501, USA Profiles | ||
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Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (IATA: LAW, ICAO: KLAW, FAA LID: LAW) is a city owned airport two miles south of Lawton, in Comanche County, Oklahoma. It is used for military aviation from nearby Fort Sill and Sheppard Air Force Base and is served by American Eagle. Allegiant Air runs occasional charters to various destinations in the western United States.
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- American airlines takeoff law lawton fort sill regional airport
- Facilities
- Airlines and destinations
- Aircraft
- References
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 77,533 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 71,389 in 2009 and 68,054 in 2010.
The 2013 Federal sequester will result in the closure of the airport's control tower and will require pilots to rely on air traffic controllers from other area airports.
Facilities
The airport covers 1,300 acres (526 ha) at an elevation of 1,110 feet (338 m). Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,599 by 150 feet (2,621 x 46 m) concrete.
In the year ending May 30, 2012 the airport had 33,983 aircraft operations, average 93 per day: 73% military, 18% general aviation, 8% air taxi, and 1% airline. 46 aircraft were then based at this airport: 93.5% single-engine and 6.5% multi-engine.
Airlines and destinations
Scheduled passenger service:
Continental stopped at Lawton from 1948 until 1975; the first jets were in 1967. Central appeared in 1953-54 and successor Frontier left in 1981.
Aircraft
Embraer ERJ-135 and Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets operated by American Eagle and occasional McDonnell Douglas MD-82/MD-83 mainline jetliners operated by American Airlines as well as local and transient general aviation aircraft.