Lynchburg (KLYH)

Located at the intersection of Route 29 South and Route 460, roughly 9 km SW of W24 Falwell Airport (W24) in Virginia, USA, and also 9 km from Lynchburg’s famous downtown Diamond Hill Historic District, Lynchburg Regional Airport is a public use airport in Campbell County, Virginia, USA. Lynchburg Regional Airport first opened in 1931 as Preston Glenn Field Airport in honour of Lieutenant Preston Glenn, a Lynchburg aviator who lost his life while serving in World War I as an Army Air Corps pilot. Although the airport has a heavy focus on general aviation (GA), it is also served by Piedmont, a commercial airline flying on behalf of American Airlines with an Embraer ERJ-145 and PSA Airlines, a commercial airline also flying on behalf of American Airlines with a Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) aircraft to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Lynchburg Regional Airport features two runways, one paved 2164 x 46 metre (7100 x 150 ft) asphalt runway designated RWY 4 / RWY 22, and a shorter paved 1032 x 23 metre (3386 x 75 ft) asphalt runway designated RWY 17 / RWY 35.