Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport


Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport is three miles north of Mansfield, in Richland County, Ohio. By car the airport is an hour away from Cleveland and Columbus, near Interstate I-71, US Rt 30, State Route 13.

Facilities

The airport covers and has two asphalt runways: 14/32 is 9,001 x 150 ft and 5/23 is 6,795 x 150 ft. It has one helipad, 24 x 24 ft asphalt.
The airport adjoins several industrial parks.
The airport is home to the Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base and the 179th Airlift Wing, an Ohio Air National Guard unit operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command. The unit has about 1000 personnel, of which about 300 are full-time Active Guard and Reserve and Air Reserve Technician personnel and the remaining 760 are traditional part-time air national guardsmen. The wing has been active at Mansfield Lahm since its establishment in 1948, operating various fighter aircraft until 1976 when it transitioned to an airlift mission with C-130 Hercules aircraft. The wing has performed service during Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Retiring their C-130's in 2009, the 179th flew the C-27 Spartan until 2013, at which time it began transitioning back to the C-130.
The airport can handle large aircraft including the USAF C-5 and the Antonov 124-100.
In 2011 the airport had 19,345 aircraft operations, average 53 per day: 51% transient general aviation, 3% air taxi, 26% military and <1% airline. 72 aircraft are based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 1% jet and 6% military.

Commercial Air Service

No scheduled airlines, but charter services are available. The first airline flights were TWA DC-3s in 1947; Lake Central replaced TWA in 1953, and successor Allegheny served Mansfield until 1969 when Allegheny Commuter took over.

Events

Each year the airport hosts Mansfield Airport Day: aircraft tours, fly-ins, airplane and helicopter rides, as well as food, historical lectures, various exhibits/vendors, kid’s activities area, and a car show.

Incidents and accidents