Lamar Municipal Airport (Missouri)

Lamar Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Lamar
ServesLamar, Missouri
OpenedMarch 1951 (1951-03)
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL1,010 ft / 308 m
Coordinates37°29′10″N 094°18′43″W / 37.48611°N 94.31194°W / 37.48611; -94.31194
Map
LLU
Location of airport in Missouri
LLU
LLU (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,000 1,220 Concrete
3/21 2,900 885 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019)5,320
Based aircraft (2024)21

Lamar Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLLU, FAA LID: LLU) is a public airport located two miles southwest of the town of Lamar, in Barton County, Missouri, United States.[1]

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[2]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Lamar Municipal Airport is LLU to the FAA and has no IATA code.[3] (IATA assigned LLU to Alluitsup Paa, Greenland[4]).

Facilities

Lamar Municipal Airport covers 105 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 1,010 feet (308 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways, the primary runway 17/35 is a concrete runway 4,000 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m) and the crosswind runway 3/21 is a 2,900 by 60 feet (885 x 18 m) asphalt runway. Runways 17/35 and 3 have approved GPS approaches.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019 the airport had 5,320 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 94% general aviation, 6% air taxi and less than 1% military.

In August 2024, there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 20 single-engine and 1 jet.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for LLU PDF, effective August 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KLLU - Lamar, Missouri (Lamar Municipal Airport)
  4. ^ Great Circle Mapper: LLU / BGAP - Alluitsup Paa, Greenland