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. 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.
In recent years, the airport has struggled due to competition with the much larger Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, 65 miles (87 kilometers) away. Colgan Air formerly offered non-stop flights from Lebanon to New York-La Guardia Airport operating as US Airways Express. The airline first operated the flights with the Beechcraft 1900, and later with the Saab 340 before service ended in November 2008.
On November 2, 2008, Cape Air began offering service to Boston. Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program utilizing the smaller Cessna 402 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, 6,089 enplanements in 2009, and 7,832 in 2010. 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.
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History
Lebanon Airport was served by Northeast Airlines before that airline was overtaken by Delta Air Lines.
Facilities and aircraft
Lebanon Municipal Airport covers an area of 563 acres (228 ha) at an elevation of 603 feet (184 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 is 5,496 by 100 feet (1,675 x 30 m) and 18/36 is 5,200 by 100 feet (1,585 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2010, the airport had 39,283 aircraft operations, an average of 107 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single-engine, 3.8% multi-engine, 2% jet, 35% helicopter, and 2% glider.
Airlines and destinations
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:
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