Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire)

Lebanon Municipal Airport
Approach to Runway 18, July 2007
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Lebanon
ServesLebanon, New Hampshire
Elevation AMSL603 ft / 184 m
Coordinates43°37′34″N 072°18′15″W / 43.62611°N 72.30417°W / 43.62611; -72.30417
Websiteflyleb.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,496 1,675 Asphalt
18/36 5,200 1,585 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations (year ending 9/1/2018)26,123
Based aircraft41

Lebanon Municipal Airport (IATA: LEB, ICAO: KLEB, FAA LID: LEB) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Lebanon, a city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.[1] Also known as Lebanon Airport, it is the northernmost commercial airport in New Hampshire, near the Vermont border, off Interstate 89 just south of the junction with Interstate 91. Other nearby towns include Hanover, New Hampshire, and White River Junction, Vermont. The area is also the home of Dartmouth College and the Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center.

US Airways Express (Colgan Air) Beech 1900D at Lebanon Municipal Airport in 2007

In recent years, the airport has struggled due to competition with the much larger Manchester–Boston Regional Airport, 65 miles (87 kilometers) away and accessible via the I-89 freeway.[2] Colgan Air formerly offered nonstop flights from Lebanon to New York LaGuardia Airport operating as US Airways Express via a code sharing agreement with US Airways. The airline first operated the flights with the Beechcraft 1900 commuter propjet, and later with the Saab 340 regional turboprop before service ended in November 2008.

On November 2, 2008, Cape Air began offering service to Boston.[3] Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program utilizing the Tecnam P2012 Traveller aircraft. The terminal building has typical facilities such as baggage claim, a check-in desk, rental car services, and airport security.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 8,294 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 6,089 enplanements in 2009, and 7,832 in 2010.[5] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[6]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for LEB PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB): Request For Qualifications" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2005.
  3. ^ "Flight Schedules". Cape Air. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). 2008 CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.