Rickenbacker International Airport

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Rickenbacker International Airport
LCK Aerial.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code KLCK
IATA code LCK
Coordinates

39 ° 48 '50 "  N , 82 ° 55' 40"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 48 '50 "  N , 82 ° 55' 40"  W.
Height above MSL 227 m (745  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 17 km south of Columbus
Street I-270 / US 23 / OH 317
Basic data
opening 1942
operator Columbus Regional Airport Authority
surface 1601 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 308,780 (2019)
Air freight 130,056 t (2019)
Flight
movements 		26,661 (2017)
Employees 5,658 (2017)
Runways
05R / 23L 3689 m × 61 m
asphalt / concrete
05L / 23R 3628 m × 46 m
asphalt
06/24
(closed) 		989 m × 18 m
asphalt

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The Rickenbacker International Airport ( IATA code : LCK , ICAO code : KLCK ) is an international airport in the American city ​​of Columbus in the US state of Ohio .

It is the second largest airport in the city after Port Columbus International Airport . Most of the air traffic is caused by general aviation and military flights . The airport is also important for cargo air traffic in the Columbus region.

Location and transport links

Rickenbacker International Airport is located 17 kilometers south of downtown Columbus. The Ohio State Route 317 runs north of the airport. In addition, Interstate 270 runs six kilometers north and US Highway 23 six kilometers west of the airport. Rickenbacker International Airport is not involved in local public transport , passengers have to use taxis.

history

The airport opened in June 1942 as Lockbourne Army Airfield (after the neighboring town of Lockbourne ) and soon afterwards renamed the Northeastern Training Center of the Army Air Corps . In 1948 the airfield was renamed Lockbourne Air Force Base , in 1973 after the Columbus-born fighter pilot Edward Vernon Rickenbacker in Rickenbacker Air Force Base and in 1980 in Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base .

In 1991 the base was proposed for closure, but continued to be operated through a 1993 proposal by the state of Ohio . It was renamed Rickenbacker Air National Guard Station in 1994 . 2001 saw the laying of the foundation stone for new facilities at the military air base.

In 2003 the former Rickenbacker Port Authority merged with the other airport operators in the region to form the Columbus Regional Airport Authority .

Airport facilities

Airport diagram (outdated)

Runways

Rickenbacker International Airport is equipped with two parallel runways . The southern runway 05R / 23L is 3689 meters long and 61 meters wide. The northern runway 05L / 23R is 3,628 meters long and 46 meters wide.

terminal

The passenger terminal has an area of 3,944 square meters and has two with passenger boarding bridges equipped boarding gates .

Airlines and Destinations

The Rickenbacker International Airport in regular service exclusively on the low-cost airline Allegiant Air fly. This operates direct flights to 11 national destinations, but five destinations are only served seasonally.

Traffic figures

Source: Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Source: Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Traffic figures for Rickenbacker International Airport 2000–2019
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail )		 Aircraft movements
(with military)
2019 308.780 130.056
2018 307.247 136,516
2017 266.624 116.102 26,661
2016 203.269 91,698 26,307
2015 166.251 90,082 27.004
2014 91,572 77,756 44,760
2013 33,269 69,704 45,673
2012 14,469 71,383 47,906
2011 14,880 66,299 48,872
2010 10,587 69,760 55,400
2009 13,082 71,872 52.141
2008 22,222 90,634 75,417
2007 7,299 100.030 100.136
2006 5,739 113,737 45,578
2005 39,554 112.907 56,998
2004 136,949 97.943 40.231
2003 26,100 93,315 36,513
2002 - 83,753 41,872
2001 - 96,778 38,408
2000 - 96.204 42,893

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Columbus – Rickenbacker (2019)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Punta Gorda , Florida 28,990 Allegiant
02 Orlando – Sanford , Florida 25,140 Allegiant
03 St. Petersburg , Florida 25.110 Allegiant
04th Savannah , Georgia 16,590 Allegiant
05 Fort Lauderdale , Florida 16,270 Allegiant
06th Myrtle Beach , South Carolina 15,050 Allegiant
07th Sarasota / Bradenton , Florida 11,300 Allegiant
08th Destin / Fort Walton Beach , Florida 7,320 Allegiant
09 Jacksonville , Florida 3,050 Allegiant
10 Charleston , South Carolina 2,690 Allegiant

Incidents

  • On 1 September 2008 plunged Convair CV-580 of Air Tahoma shortly after takeoff one mile southwest of the airport in a corn field, all three occupants died. The crash was caused by gross maintenance errors (see also Air Tahoma flight 587 ) .

Web links

Commons : Rickenbacker International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Investor Relations. ColumbusAirports.com, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Airline Stats. FlyColumbus.com, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed April 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Publications. FlyColumbus.com, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Getting to Rickenbacker. FlyColumbus.com, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b c Rickenbacker International. ColumbusAirports.com, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  7. ^ Rickenbacker Parking and Transportation. FlyColumbus.com, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Allegiant Flights From Rickenbacker. FlyColumbus.com, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  9. ^ A b Destinations From Columbus. FlyColumbus.com, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  10. ^ Columbus, OH: Rickenbacker International (LCK). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 27, 2020 .