Cincinnati Municipal Airport

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Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field
IATA: LUK - ICAO: KLUK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Cincinnati
Serves		Cincinnati, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		483 ft (147.2 m)
Coordinates		39°06′12″N, 84°25′07″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3R/21L	6,101	1,860	Asphalt
3L/21R	3,802	1,159	Asphalt
7/25	5,128	1,563	Asphalt

Cincinnati Municipal Airport - Lunken Field (IATA: LUK, ICAO: KLUK), also known as Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport or simply Lunken Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the city of Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA. The airport serves private aircraft and the fleets of most local corporations.

It is bounded by US Route 50 (historic Columbia Parkway and Eastern Avenue) to the west, US Route 52 (Kellogg Avenue) and the Ohio River to the south, the Little Miami River (which originally flowed through the airfield but was diverted) to the east, and Ohio Route 125 (Beechmont Avenue) to the north.

[edit] History

Cincinnati Municipal Airport, also known as Lunken Airport, was a commercial airport in the 1930s and '40s. It is situated in the Columbia valley, on the site of the first Cincinnati-area settlement in 1788. When the original 1000-acre airfield was dedicated in the 1930s, it was the largest municipal airfield in the world.[1] American Airlines started at Lunken Airport during this time, but no major commercial airlines use it anymore. Instead, many large Cincinnati-area companies now base their corporate aircraft there.[2]

Lunken Airport was supplanted by the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1947 following catastrophic flooding from the Ohio River.[3] The flooding problem prompted the airport's nickname of "Sunken Lunken". The control tower, located at the southwest corner of the Airport, was almost totally submerged during the historic Ohio River flood of 1937, and now has a single black brick facing the airfield to indicate the high-water mark.[4] Today the old control tower is home to the Lunken Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, and is the oldest standing control tower in the United States.^{[citation needed]} The property also contains public recreation areas, including an 18-hole golf course, playgrounds, and walking/biking paths.

[edit] Facilities

Cincinnati Municipal Airport covers 1,140 acres and has three runways:

Runway 3R/21L: 6,101 x 150 ft. (1,860 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 3L/21R: 3,802 x 100 ft. (1,159 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 7/25: 5,128 x 100 ft. (1,563 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

Sky Galley Restaurant has been in nearly continuous operation for decades, and is so named because the first meals served on a commercial airliner (American Airlines) were prepared here.[5] Sky Galley is housed in the original, Art Deco terminal building and has large windows and a patio dining area facing the airfield, allowing wonderful views of small aircraft and corporate jets coming and going. Pilots can literally taxi up and park right outside the restaurant. The restaurant is casual and serves affordably priced American fare.