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{{Short description|Regional airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name                   = Cincinnati Municipal Airport
| nativename             = Lunken Field
| image                  = Cincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field (6284806922).jpg
| IATA                   = LUK
| ICAO                   = KLUK
| FAA                    = LUK
| type                   = Public
| owner                  = City of Cincinnati
| operator               = 
| city-served            = [[Cincinnati metropolitan area]]
| location               = [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| opened                 = {{start date and age|1925||}}
| hub                    = [[Ultimate Air Shuttle]]
| elevation-f            = 483
| elevation-m            = 147
| coordinates            = {{coord|39|06|12|N|084|25|07|W|type:airport_region:US|display=inline, title}}
| website                = [https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/dote/lunken-airport/ LUK website]
| pushpin_map            = USA Ohio#USA
| pushpin_relief         = yes
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of airport in Ohio
| pushpin_label          = '''LUK'''/KLUK/'''LUK'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number              = <s>3L/21R</s>
| r1-length-f            = <s>3,801</s>
| r1-length-m            = <s>1,159</s>
| r1-surface             = <s>[[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]</s>
| r2-number              = 3R/21L
| r2-length-f            = 6,101
| r2-length-m            = 1,860
| r2-surface             = Asphalt
| r3-number              = 7/25
| r3-length-f            = 5,127
| r3-length-m            = 1,563
| r3-surface             = Asphalt
| stat1-header           = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data             = 114,630
| stat2-header           = Based aircraft
| stat2-data             = 150
| stat-year              = 2022
| footnotes              = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=LUK|use=PU|own=PU|site=17731.*A}}, effective 2023-07-13</ref>
| timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc                    = [[UTC−05:00]]
| summer                 = EDT
| utcs                   = [[UTC−04:00]]
}}

'''Cincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field''' (Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) {{airport codes|LUK|KLUK|LUK}} is a public [[airport]] in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Downtown Cincinnati]]. It is owned by the city of Cincinnati<ref name=FAA /> and serves private aircraft, including the fleets of local corporations. It serves a few commercial flights and is the second-largest airport serving Cincinnati after [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]], which is the area’s primary airport. It is known as '''Lunken Airport''' or '''Lunken Field''', after Eshelby Lunken.<ref name="CincyTransit">{{cite web|last1=Mecklenborg|first1=Jake|title=Lunken Airport (LUK)|url=http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/lunken.html|website=Cincinnati-Transit.net|accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref> It is bounded by [[US Route 50]] (historic Columbia Parkway and Eastern Avenue) to the west, [[US Route 52]] (Kellogg Avenue) and the Ohio River to the south, the Little Miami River (which originally flowed through the airfield but was diverted) to the east, and Ohio Route 125 (Beechmont Avenue) to the north. The airport is headquarters and hub for Cincinnati-based public charter airline [[Ultimate Air Shuttle]], serving 5 destinations in the eastern United States with 16 peak daily flights. Lunken is also home to small charter airline [[Flamingo Air (Cincinnati airline)|Flamingo Air]] and its aviation school.

==History==
[[File:Lunken Airport foto by andy hemmer cincinnati.jpg|thumb|Lunken Airport's main building.]]
Cincinnati Municipal Airport (Lunken Airport) was Cincinnati's main airport until 1947. It is in the [[Little Miami River]] valley near Columbia, the site of the first Cincinnati-area settlement in 1788. John Dixon “Dixie” Davis began giving flying lessons at the field in 1921 and the field was originally named the Dixie Davis Flying Field. The {{convert|1000|acre|adj=on}} airfield had become the largest municipal airfield in the world by 1925 when <ref name="LAH">{{cite web|title=Lunken Airport History|url=http://www.-oh.gov/transeng/pages/-7268-|website=City of Cincinnati|accessdate=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716200549/http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/transeng/pages/-7268-|archive-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> the airport was named for Eshelby Lunken, whose father, Edmund H. Lunken, ran the Lunkenheimer Valve Company. (The family's last name had been shortened from its original "Lunkenheimer" spelling.)<ref name="Kinney">{{cite news |last1=Kinney |first1=Jean |title=Area that was once home to pioneers became Lunken Airport |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/cincinnati/2014/02/03/area-that-was-once-home-to-pioneers-became-lunken-airport/5180957 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Cincinnati.com |date=3 February 2014}}</ref>

The first aviation related activities in the area were flying lessons offered by John "Dixie" Dixon Davis around 1921.<ref name="Kinney" /> The flights took place just north of the airport, roughly where the Lunken Playfield is today.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stulz |first1=Larry |title=Lunken Airport (LUK) by Larry Stulz |url=http://www.cahslunken.org/stories/LarryStulz.htm |website=Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society & Museum |accessdate=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826113451/http://www.cahslunken.org/stories/LarryStulz.htm |archive-date=26 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On December 17, 1925, the Embry-Riddle Company was formed at Lunken Airport by [[T. Higbee Embry]] and [[John Paul Riddle]]. A few years later the company moved to Florida, and later became the [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]]. In 1928, the T. E. Halpin Development Co, later the [[Metal Aircraft Corporation]], produced 22 of the high-wing [[Metal Aircraft Corporation Flamingo|Flamingo]] at the airport.<ref>{{cite book|title=Timeline: a publication of the Ohio Historical Society, Volume 23|author=Ohio Historical Society}}</ref> Also in 1928, [[Aeronca Aircraft Corporation]] was formed to build cheap light aircraft; the factory building, hangar 4, is still in use.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reynolds Jet Signs Agreement To Lease Historic Hangar 4 At Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, OH|url=http://reynoldsjet.com/reynolds-jet-signs-agreement-to-lease-historic-hangar-4-at-lunken-airport|website=Reynolds Jet|accessdate=8 March 2017|date=24 July 2015}}</ref> Over 500 [[Aeronca C-2|C-2]] and [[Aeronca C-3|C-3]] aircraft were built here.
Airline flights began in the late 1920s; in 1938, [[American Airlines]] and [[Marquette Airlines]] were using the new $172,000 terminal building.<ref name=MasterPlan>{{cite web|title=Lunken Master Plan|url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/dote/linkservid/8994E749-7584-46F5-A3E6F5B21413F04D/showMeta/0/|publisher=City of Cincinnati|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref>

During World War II, the airport served first as the headquarters of the I Concentration Command, before being transferred to the [[Air Transport Command]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Craven |editor1-first=Wesley Frank |editor2-last=Cate |editor2-first=James Lea |title=The Army Air Forces in World War II |date=1983 |volume=Six |publisher=Office of Air Force History |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=157–158 |url=http://media.defense.gov/2010/Nov/05/2001329891/-1/-1/0/AFD-101105-019.pdf |accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>

Lunken Airport was supplanted by the [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]] after flooding from the [[Ohio River]] and introduction of larger aircraft that needed longer runways.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spencer|first1=Bernie|title=CVG|url=http://www.nkyviews.com/boone/boone_airport.htm|website=Northern Kentucky Views|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref> The flooding prompted the airport's nickname of "Sunken Lunken".{{efn|The airport was also threatened or damaged by flooding in March 1933 and March 1945.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barricades Protect Airport, But May Be Forced Today |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99716930 |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=21 March 1933 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Flood Water 15 Feet Deep Covers City Airport |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/762131522 |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=Cincinnati Post |date=9 March 1945 |page=14}}</ref>}} During the [[Ohio River flood of 1937]], the airfield and two-story main terminal building at the southwest corner of the airport were submerged, except for the third-floor air traffic control "tower". A plaque (which appears from ground level to be a single black brick) on the terminal building, facing the airfield, indicates the high-water mark.<ref name="Stulz">{{cite web|title=Lunken Airport|first=Larry|last=Stulz|work=Cincinnati-Transit.net|date=February 14, 2008|url=http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/lunken.html}}</ref> The airport flooded again in 1945 and 1948.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cleanup Crews Move in On Heels of Flood |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/762761758 |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=Cincinnati Post |date=20 April 1948 |page=20}}</ref> However, the latter was not before the soon-to-be U.S. Air Force vacated the field in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lunken Field is Closed to Army Flying Reserves Under Orders from East |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/100281187 |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=21 February 1947 |page=1}}</ref> As early as 1948 and continuing to at least 1966, the Greater Cincinnati Airmen's Club held an annual cross country air race at the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Planes to Vie by Classes in Lunken Race Sunday |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=15 June 1948 |page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dansker |first1=Emil |title=Air Transportation Not Always Ideal in Many Situations |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=27 February 1966 |page=4-B}}</ref> In the early 1960s Conrad International Corporation, which upgraded Beechcraft 18s, was located at the airport.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sweeney |first=Richard |date=December 1960 |title=Conrad 9800 |magazine=Flying |pages=48, 49, 102 }}</ref> In 1962, Wilmer Avenue, the western border of the airport, was moved westward.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wilmer Avenue Relocation Job is Under Way |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108529931/ |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=24 September 1962 |page=27|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1964 the FAA designated the airport as a general reliever airport. As business jet travel expanded, the 6,100-foot parallel runway 2R was added about 1965 (requiring relocation of the Little Miami River).<ref name=MasterPlan /> In 1967, its name was officially changed from "Lunken Field" to "Lunken Airport".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dansker |first1=Emil |title=Ohio's Airport Development Program Lauded as Model |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=14 May 1967 |page=3-C}}</ref> The airport manager was fired in 2004, following an attempt to solicit commercial flights from the airport.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Jason |title=Cincinnati: Lunken airline talk stirs airport opponents |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/10/25/cincinnati-lunken-airline-talk-stirs-airport-opponents/3183777 |access-date=20 June 2021 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=25 October 2013 |via=USA Today}}</ref>

Today the old control tower is home to the Lunken Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, and is the oldest standing control tower in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lunken Cadet Squadron 078|url=http://www.lunkensquadron.org/|access-date=2013-05-15|archive-date=2013-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504084411/http://www.lunkensquadron.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The property also contains public recreation areas, including an 18-hole golf course, playgrounds, and walking/biking paths on the levee surrounding the airfield. In 2009 [[Ultimate Air Shuttle]] began operations at Lunken with a flight to Chicago–Midway, and has since expanded to four cities, including Chicago, New York, Charlotte, and Cleveland. Currently, many Cincinnati-area companies base their aircraft at the airport due to its proximity to downtown Cincinnati, but most airlines use [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]].<ref name="CincyTransit" /> Various proposals have taken place to add air service to the airport, including by [[Allegiant Air]], which started operations at CVG instead, and [[Flamingo Air (Cincinnati airline)|Flamingo Air]], which did not happen.<ref name=MasterPlan /> 

A proposal to demolish 45 to 60 t-hangars and replace them with a corporate hangar was called off in 2018 after opposition from local pilots and the [[AOPA]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Namowitz |first1=Dan |title=Cincinnati Lunken Airport Users Seek Details of Development Plan |url=http://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/november/29/cincinnati-lunken-airport-users-seek-details-of-development-plan |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=AOPA}}</ref><ref name="AOPA2024">{{cite web |last1=Geil |first1=Lillian |title=Preserving an Airport Community |url=http://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2024/may/14/preserving-an-airport-community |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=AOPA |date=14 May 2024}}</ref> The same year, a fixed-base operator called Waypoint Aviation began operations out of a new {{Convert|40,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} hangar at the airport.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caproni |first1=Erin |title=Lunken adds first-of-its-kind corporate hangar |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/03/14/lunken-adds-first-of-its-kind-corporate-hangar.html |accessdate=28 August 2018 |work=Cincinnati Business Courier |publisher=American City Business Journals |date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2021, the [[Mutual UFO Network]] announced that it was moving to the airport from California.<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeLetter |first1=Emily |title=Visitors among us: UFO researchers are making Cincinnati their new home|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/05/19/mutual-ufo-network-moving-headquarters-cincinnati/5168219001 |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=Cincinnati.com |date=19 May 2021}}</ref> A report released in 2024 noted that Lunken was operating at half capacity and suggested that the city should lease it to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gallagher Newberry |first1=Patricia |title=Report: Lunken Airport Operating at Half Capacity |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1061258370 |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=14 April 2024 |page=15A}}</ref> Concurrently, the new airport manager moved forward with plans for a new customs office, the closure of runway 3L/21R and the removal of an old hangar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gallagher Newberry |first1=Patricia |title=Lunken Airport: Lease? Rebuild? What's ahead for its second century |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2024/06/09/whats-lunken-airports-future/73330639007 |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=9 June 2024}}</ref>

===Notable visitors===
From 1971 to 1979, [[Neil Armstrong]] was an Aerospace Engineering professor at the [[University of Cincinnati]]. He would take students to Lunken Airport to teach them about aviation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil Armstrong, His Time at UC |url=https://digital.libraries.uc.edu/exhibits/ceas/armstrong/armstrong-time-at-uc.html |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=digital.libraries.uc.edu}}</ref>

In 1927, [[Charles Lindbergh]] landed at Lunken and was mobbed by well-wishers.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW-52BWC4LoC&pg=PA168| title=Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors | year=1943| author=Federal Writers' Project| author-link=Federal Writers' Project| page=131| publisher=Best Books on | isbn=9781623760519 }}</ref> In 1964 a large crowd of fans greeted [[The Beatles]] as they flew into and out of Lunken for their concert at [[Cincinnati Gardens]].<ref name="LAH" />

Several U.S. presidents and other dignitaries have arrived at Lunken. On October 30, 2007, [[Air Force One]] landed at Lunken as [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] visited the abutting Cincinnati neighborhood of [[Hyde Park, Ohio|Hyde Park]] for a fundraiser for Republican [[United States Congress|Congressman]] [[Steve Chabot]].<ref>Wessels, Joe, ''Air Force One Pays 1st Visit to Lunken'', Cincinnati Post, October 30, 2007</ref> On October 22, 2008, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Presidential candidate [[Arizona]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John McCain]] and vice-presidential candidate [[Governor of Alaska]] [[Sarah Palin]] spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of 12,000 in hangar A-10. [[Gretchen Wilson]] performed to start the rally. [[Cindy McCain]] and [[Todd Palin]] were also in attendance. Introducing them was former Republican Congressman (later US Senator) [[Rob Portman]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content.usatoday.com/topics/article/People/Celebrities/Musicians,+Composers,+Singers,+Groups/Gretchen+Wilson/0gkn7ZR4VScEX/1 |title=''Palin, McCain Rally At Airport'', USA Today, October 23, 2008 |access-date=October 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601034346/http://content.usatoday.com/topics/article/People/Celebrities/Musicians,+Composers,+Singers,+Groups/Gretchen+Wilson/0gkn7ZR4VScEX/1 |archive-date=June 1, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>''Palin, McCain Address Rally at Lunken Airport'', Kentucky Post, October 22, 2008 [http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=c0c37b25-f25d-45ee-b58e-497280868220]{{Dead link|date=May 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In 2011, the airport served as a backdrop for scenes in the film ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]''.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|author=John Kiesewetter|title=Area plays big part in movie trailer for Clooney's 'Ides of March'|date=29 July 2011}}</ref>  On February 5, 2018, a [[Boeing C-32]] flying as [[Air Force One]] landed at Lunken bringing [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] for an address to the employees of Sheffer Corporation in nearby [[Blue Ash, Ohio|Blue Ash]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

===Sky Galley Restaurant===
The Sky Galley restaurant was in nearly continuous operation for decades, and is so named because the first meals served on a commercial airliner ([[American Airlines]]) were prepared here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Summer 2003|url=http://pilotgetaways.com/mag/sum03|website=Pilot Getaways|publisher=Airventure Publishing, LLC|accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Sky Galley at Lunken Terminal menu |url=http://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll32/id/790 |website=Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2022}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Radio in Home is Made 'Dinner Bell' by Air Pilot |url=http://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19331004.1.2 |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=Indianapolis Times |date=4 October 1933 |page=2}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2022}} The Sky Galley is housed in the terminal building and has large windows and a patio dining area facing the airfield, allowing views of small aircraft and corporate jets taking off and landing.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLbYZ4l-C-cC&pg=PA59| title=Adventures Around Cincinnati | publisher=Hillcrest Publishing Group | author=Hoevener, Laura | year=2010 | page=59| isbn=9781936107438 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/living/dining012501.html|title=Sky Galley offers dining and view|first=Tania|last=Conte|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]|date=2001-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040907070942/http://www.cincypost.com/living/dining012501.html|archive-date=2004-09-07}}</ref> Formerly known as the Wings Restaurant, it was reopened in 1999 as the Sky Galley.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hyatt |first1=Gary W. |title=Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio |url=http://dmairfield.org/places/cincinnati_oh/index.html |website=Davis-Monthan Aviation Field Register |access-date=4 July 2021 |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> In 2019, the lease agreement for the restaurant was nearly cancelled by the city due to potential food safety risks reported by the Health Department.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glynn |first1=Erin |title=Sky Galley restaurant at Lunken will be forced to close after city cancels its lease |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/12/12/city-cancels-lease-agreement-with-sky-galley-after-facility-consultation/4409162002 |accessdate=14 December 2019 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=12 December 2019}}</ref> After an online petition on change.org gained over 17,000 signatures, an agreement was reached in which the city would provide up to $100,000 to help renovate the restaurant and grant it another 5-year lease if the owner committed to correcting the violations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sky Galley, set to close, will be saved by city — as long as it cleans up its act |url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/sky-galley-reaches-lease-agreement-with-the-city |accessdate=29 January 2020 |work=WCPO |date=6 January 2020}}</ref> However, due to the effects of [[COVID-19]], the Sky Galley was forced to close in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Madeline |title='We are simply unable to wait out the storm.' Sky Galley restaurant at Lunken Airport is closing |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/09/18/cincinnatis-sky-galley-restaurant-lunken-airport-close/5825297002 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |work=Cincinnati.com |date=19 September 2020}}</ref> A proposal to replace it with a new restaurant and hotel was made in March 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parrish |first1=Morgan |title=Local developers propose new hotel, restaurant for Lunken Airport |url=http://www.fox19.com/2021/03/17/local-developers-propose-new-hotel-restaurant-lunken-airport |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=FOX19 |date=17 March 2021}}</ref> In December, the Cincinnati city council approved a multi-decade lease for the building to the developer vR Group.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wetterich |first1=Chris |title=More details revealed on $21M Lunken Airport terminal overhaul |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/12/13/more-details-revealed-on-major-21m-lunken-airport.html |access-date=19 December 2021 |work=Cincinnati Business Courier |date=13 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Ann |title=Council approves lease and 30-year tax abatement for Lunken hotel development |url=http://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2021-06-14/lunken-airport-development-plan-vr-group-gy-van-rooyen |access-date=19 December 2021 |work=WVXU |date=13 December 2021}}</ref>

==Facilities==
[[File:Lunken Airport from Alms Park.jpg|thumb|Lunken Airport from Alms Park]]

Cincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field covers {{convert|1,140|acre|ha}} and had three [[runway]]s until July 1, 2024 when 3L/21R was permanently closed and decommissioned :<ref name=FAA />

* 3L/21R (now closed): 3,801 x 100&nbsp;ft (1,159 x 30 m), surface: asphalt 
* 3R/21L: 6,101 x 150&nbsp;ft (1,860 x 46 m), surface: asphalt
* 7/25: 5,127 x 100&nbsp;ft (1,563 x 30 m), surface: asphalt

Thirty-eight T-hangars were built on the airport in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.hangarlunken.com/about |website=AeroTco |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=T-Hangars |url=http://www.hangarlunken.com/t-hangars |website=AeroTco |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>

The terminal building has two floors and is home to one of the oldest air traffic control towers in the United States. A small pilot supply shop called The Flight Depot is located on the first floor and the Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society & Museum is on the second.<ref>{{cite web |title=[Homepage] |url=http://www.cahslunken.org |website=Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society & Museum |accessdate=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905071202/http://www.cahslunken.org/ |archive-date=5 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2020}}

==Public charter and destinations==

===Passenger===
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{{Airport destination list | 3rdcoltitle = Refs | 3rdcolunsortable=yes
| {{nowrap|[[Ultimate Air Shuttle]]}} | [[DeKalb–Peachtree Airport|Atlanta–Peachtree]], [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]] (temporarily suspended), [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]] |<ref name="UltimateDestionations">{{cite web|title=Ultimate Air Shuttle Timetable|url=http://ultimateairshuttle.com/pdf/allcities.pdf|accessdate=23 January 2017|archive-date=16 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616013624/http://ultimateairshuttle.com/pdf/allcities.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

[[NetJets]] also has a facility in Cincinnati.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brownfield|first1=Andy|title=Cincinnati NetJets subsidiary downsizing facility, laying off 80|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2016/09/23/cincinnati-netjets-subsidiary-closing-facility.html|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=Cincinnati Business Courier|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=26 September 2016}}</ref>

==Statistics==
[[File:Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport - OpenStreetMap - 01.png|thumb|Location within Cincinnati]]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 114,630 aircraft operations, an average of 314 per day: 89% [[general aviation]], 11% [[air taxi]], <1% [[Military aviation|military]] and <1% scheduled [[Commercial aviation|commercial]]. In the year ending December 31, 2022, 150 aircraft were based at this airport: 76 single-engine, 55 jet, 12 multi-engine, 3 [[helicopter]], and 4 gliders.<ref name=FAA />

===Top destinations (October 2016 – September 2017)===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank !! City !! Passengers !! Carriers
|-
| 1 || [[Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport|Cleveland, Ohio]] || 7,820 || {{nowrap|[[Ultimate Air Shuttle]]}}
|-
| 2 || [[Midway International Airport|Chicago–Midway, Illinois]] || 5,970 || [[Ultimate Air Shuttle]]
|-
| 3  || {{nowrap|[[Morristown Municipal Airport|Morristown, New Jersey]]}} || 4,530 || [[Ultimate Air Shuttle]]
|-
| 4 || [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte, North Carolina]] || 4,070 || [[Ultimate Air Shuttle]]
|-
| 5 || [[DeKalb–Peachtree Airport|Atlanta, Georgia]] || 1,030 || [[Ultimate Air Shuttle]]
|}
<ref>{{cite web|title=LUK Traffic Stats|url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=LUK&Airport_Name=Cincinnati,%20OH:%20Cincinnati%20Municipal%20Lunken%20Field&carrier=FACTS|website=Bureau of Transportation Statistics|publisher=US Department of Transportation|accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref>

===Total passengers===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Total passengers !! % Change
|-
| 1929 || 8,528 || {{steady}}
|-
| || ||
|-
| 2005 || 451 || {{steady}}
|-
| 2006 || 729 || {{increase}} 161.6%
|-
| 2007  || 636 || {{decrease}} -12.8%
|-
| 2008 || 2,039 || {{increase}} 320.5%
|-
| 2009|| 0 || {{decrease}}
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| 2010|| 0 || {{steady}}
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| 2011|| 0 || {{steady}}
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| 2012 || 27 || {{increase}}
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| 2013 || 0 || {{decrease}}
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| 2014 || 24,490 || {{increase}}
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| 2015 || 31,750 || {{increase}} 29.6%
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| 2016 || 49,530 || {{increase}} 56.0%
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| 2017 || 52,000 || {{increase}} 5.0%
|}

==Accidents and incidents==
* On 28 February 1928, a [[Douglas O-2C]] crashed while taking off from the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Airplane in Crash |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=29 February 1928 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00137157 |url=http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/137/157.xml |website=AirForceHistoryIndex.org |accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref>
* On 8 August 1928, a [[Waco Aircraft Company|Waco]] biplane crashed after taking off from the airport, killing the pilot and passenger.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Cincinnati Men Killed as Airplane Crashes in Fog; Victims Disregarded Warning |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=9 August 1928 |pages=1, 3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Auto Dealers Die in Plane Crash |work=Cincinnati Post |date=8 August 1928 |page=1}}</ref>
* On 19 October 1929, a [[Consolidated PT-1 Trusty]] crashed near [[Miamiville, Ohio]] after taking off from the airport, injuring the two crew.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Airmen are Injured Severely |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=20 October 1929 |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Flier Improves |work=Cincinnati Post |date=21 October 1929 |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00137906 |url=http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/137/906.xml |website=AirForceHistoryIndex.org |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>
* On 9 August 1931, a [[Ford Trimotor]] crashed after taking off from the airport, killing the two crew and four passengers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Defect Traced in Lunken Crash |work=Cincinnati Post |date=10 August 1931 |pages=1, 14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Accident description [9 August 1931]|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19310809-0|website=Aviation Safety Network|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
* On 30 May 1932, a glider crashed at Dixie Davis Flying Field, killing the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Glider Pilot Falls To Death At Beechmont-Avenue Field; Was German Soldier in War |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17553858/31_may_1932_glider_crash_dixie_davis |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=31 May 1932}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Glider Flyer, Club Leader, Dies in Crash |work=Cincinnati Post |date=31 May 1932 |page=1}}</ref>
* On 23 February 1934, a [[Boeing P-12D]] crashed while landing at the airport. It was delivering airmail.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ship Damaged at Lunken |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=24 February 1934 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Army Mail Flier Escapes Injury in Lunken Mishap |work=Cincinnati Post |date=24 February 1934 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00139996 |url=http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/139/996.xml |website=AirForceHistoryIndex.org |accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>
* On 22 November 1936, a [[North American BT-9]] crashed after taking off from the airport, killing the two pilots.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Army Airmen Killed; Crash at Lunken Airport |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=23 November 1936 |pages=1, 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Army Probing Fatal Air Crash |work=Cincinnati Post |date=23 November 1936 |pages=1, 2}}</ref>
* On 5 September 1938, an unknown airplane overturned after landing, injuring the two pilots.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Indiana Fliers Injured in Crash at Lunken Airport; Plane Noses Over on Field |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=6 September 1938 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Crash Victims Better |work=Cincinnati Post |date=6 September 1938 |page=2}}</ref>
* On 10 March 1941, American Airlines Flight 20, a [[Douglas DC-3]] crashed into a dike while landing at the airport, injuring two crew and three passengers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Air Flagship Crashes at Lunken Field; Pilot and Three Passengers are Hurt |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=11 March 1941 |pages=1, 12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=5 Hurt as Airliner, Buffeted by Squall, Rams Dike |work=Cincinnati Post |date=11 March 1941 |pages=1, 20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Investigation of Aircraft Accident: AMERICAN AIRLINES: CINCINNATI, OHIO: 1941-03-10 |url=http://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33028 |website=National Transportation Library |date=10 March 1941 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
* On 9 August 1942, a [[Culver Cadet]] crashed in [[Covington, Kentucky]] after taking off from the airport, killing the pilot and a passenger.<ref>{{cite news |title=Covington Plane Crash Kills Two |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=10 August 1942 |pages=1, 13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Raver |first1=Howard |title=CAA Probes Air Crash Killing Two in Busy Covington Street |work=Cincinnati Post |date=10 August 1942 |pages=1, 2}}</ref>
* On 12 August 1942, an unknown light plane crashed while attempting to land at the airport, injuring the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Civilian Pilot Injured by Crash of Huntington Plane at Lunken Airport |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=13 August 1942 |pages=1, 3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pilot Recovering from Crash Injury |work=Cincinnati Post |date=13 August 1942 |page=1}}</ref>
* On 13 August 1942, a [[North American AT-6 Texan]] made an emergency landing near [[Newtown, Ohio]], after taking off from the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Forced Landing Made in Open Field |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=14 August 1942 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Motor Trouble Causes U.S. Army Plane to Make Forced Landing |work=Cincinnati Post |date=14 August 1942 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=USAF Accident Report Summary Sheet [40-2155] |url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=96442 |website=AAIR |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* On 9 January 1943, a [[Boeing PT-17 Kaydet]] made an emergency landing near [[Anderson Ferry]] after taking off from the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Army Plane is Forced Down in Cornfield Near Anderson Ferry |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=10 January 1943 |page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Light Army Plane Forced Down Here |work=Cincinnati Post |date=11 January 1943 |page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=USAF Accident Report Summary Sheet [41-25499] |url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=423 |website=AAIR |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* On 25 August 1943, an unknown Navy monoplane made an emergency landing near the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Damaged Slightly |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=26 August 1943 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Probe Report Playground Lights Caused Air Mishap |work=Cincinnati Post |date=26 August 1943 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Passengers, Rescuers Describe Plane Crash |work=Cincinnati Post |date=1 September 1943 |page=1}}</ref>
* On 4 November 1943, a [[North American P-51 Mustang]] crashed in [[Forestville, Ohio]], after taking off from the airport, killing the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Montana Airman is Killed as High Altitude Plane Falls and Burns in Forestville |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=5 November 1943 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Army Probes Fatal Air Crash on Clough Pike |work=Cincinnati Post |date=5 November 1943 |page=4}}</ref>
* On 22 March 1944, an [[Aeronca Chief]] with the [[Civil Air Patrol]] made an emergency landing near Newtown, Ohio after taking off from the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane is Forced Down |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=23 March 1944 |page=8}}</ref>
* On 30 June 1944, a [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] made an emergency landing near Newtown, Ohio after taking off from the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Army Plane Forced Down on Farm East of Newtown |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=1 July 1944 |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wreck Crew Sent to Plane Crash |work=Cincinnati Post |date=1 July 1944 |page=2}}</ref>{{efn|This is not to be confused with the emergency landing of another C-47 near Newtown on 15 April 1944.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cargo Plane |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=16 April 1944 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=One Hurt in Plane Crash Near Here |work=Cincinnati Post |date=17 April 1944 |page=3}}</ref>}}
* On 9 October 1944, a [[Lockheed A-29]] was destroyed in an emergency landing at the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crewmen of Plane are Saved Before Bomber Bursts into Flames at Lunken Airport |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=10 October 1944}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bomber Crashes, Burns at Lunken; 5 Escape Injury |work=Cincinnati Post |date=9 October 1944 |pages=1, 2}}</ref>
* On 26 December 1944, a [[North American B-25 Mitchell]] crashed while taking off from the airport, killing three and injuring six.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Killed, Six Hurt in Bomber Crash at Lunken Field |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=27 December 1944 |pages=1, 7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Army Probes Lunken Crash Fatal to Three Servicemen |work=Cincinnati Post |date=27 December 1944 |pages=1, 3, 8}}</ref>
* On 10 January 1945, a [[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver]] crashed near [[Newport, Kentucky]] after taking off from the airport, killing the passenger.<ref>{{cite news |title=Officer Killed as Pilot Chutes to Safety in Newport Crash |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=11 January 1945 |pages=1, 5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Death Crash of Navy Plane Probed; Pilot Leaps, Lives |work=Cincinnati Post |date=11 January 1945 |page=8}}</ref>
* On 11 June 1945, an unknown airplane crashed in [[Fort Thomas, Kentucky]] after taking off from the airport, injuring the pilot and three passengers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pleasure Airplane in Crash Near Fort Thomas Homes; Four Passengers are Saved |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=12 June 1945 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CAA Probes Plane Crash, 4 Escape Serious Injury |work=Cincinnati Post |date=12 June 1945 |page=2}}</ref>
* On 12 August 1945, an unknown airplane, owned by a flying club at the airport, made an emergency landing at the nearby [[River Downs Racetrack]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Forced Down at River Downs |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=13 August 1945 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Forced Down |work=Cincinnati Post |date=13 August 1945 |page=3}}</ref>
* On 5 January 1947, a [[Grumman F7F Tigercat|Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat]] was substantially damaged in a forced landing at the airport due to bad weather.<ref>{{cite web |title=USN Accident Report Summary Sheet [80443] |url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptUSN4152.asp?RecID=25344 |website=AAIR |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* On 16 May 1947, a [[Republic Seabee]] crashed in [[Mount Washington, Ohio]], while trying to land at the airport after running out of fuel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cincinnati Aviator's Luck Holds Out in Treetop Crash in Mt. Washington |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=17 May 1947 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=U.C. Student Injures Back as Plane is Forced Down |work=Cincinnati Post |date=17 May 1947 |page=13}}</ref>
* On 4 August 1947, a trainer plane crashed in [[Clermont County, Ohio]], after taking off from the airport, killing the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=East End Student Flier is Killed |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=5 August 1947 |pages=1, 5A}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Love of Flying Leads Youth to Death |work=Cincinnati Post |date=5 August 1947 |page=18}}</ref>
* On 12 September 1947, an unknown two-seat aircraft crashed in Fort Thomas, Kentucky after taking off from the airport, injuring a pilot and passenger.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Nose-Dives Into Tree In Fort Thomas; Pilot Is Injured Severely, Companion Shaken |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18191914/13_sept_1947_accident_flying_out_of |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=13 September 1947 |page=3-B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Dives Into Tree; Two Hurt, One Seriously |work=Cincinnati Post |date=13 September 1947 |page=12}}</ref>
* On 24 October 1957, a two-seat [[Bell Helicopter|Bell]] helicopter operated by Ohio Valley Airways crashed at the airport, killing the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Helicopter Pilot is Killed in Lunken Airport Crash |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=25 October 1957 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Copter Port Closing Asked |work=Cincinnati Post |date=25 October 1957 |page=8}}</ref>
* On 19 February 1960, a [[Lockheed PV-1 Ventura]] belonging to Champion Paper and Fibre Company crashed in [[Madeira, Ohio]], after taking off from the airport, killing all three on board.<ref>{{cite news|title=3 DIE IN PLANE CRASH NEAR SCHOOL|url=http://www.gendisasters.com/ohio/23396/cincinnati-oh-near-plane-crashes-near-school-feb-1960|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=The Hammond Times|agency=Associated Press|date=19 February 1960|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023849/http://www.gendisasters.com/ohio/23396/cincinnati-oh-near-plane-crashes-near-school-feb-1960|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Accident description [19 February 1960] |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600219-2 |website=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref>
* On 30 September 1960, a single-engine plane crashed near Newtown, Ohio, after taking off from the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Four Youths are Unhurt in Crash Landing |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=1 October 1960}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Destroyed in Crash Landing |work=Cincinnati Post |date=1 October 1960 |page=2}}</ref>
* On 20 February 1963, a North American B-25 Mitchell made an emergency landing at the airport after an engine failure.<ref>{{cite web|title=B-25 CRASH LANDS AT LUNKEN|url=http://www.cahslunken.org/stories/alligator.htm|website=Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society & Museum|accessdate=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317112028/http://www.cahslunken.org/stories/alligator.htm|archive-date=17 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pilot's Skill Saves Cargo of Reptiles |work=Cincinnati Post & Times-Star |date=21 February 1963 |page=26}}</ref>
* On 18 May 1966, a [[Beechcraft Bonanza]] crashed and burned after colliding with trees while landing at the airport, injuring the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pilot 'Treed' |work=Cincinnati Post & Times-Star |date=19 May 1966 |page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NTSB Identification: CHI66F0723 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=69953 |website=National Transportation Safety Board |accessdate=26 August 2018}}</ref> 
* On 30 March 1968, a [[Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer]] crashed on final approach to the airport when the left wing struck the ground, killing the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woman Dies in Lunken Crash |work=Cincinnati Post and Times-Star |date=30 March 1968 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NTSB Identification: CHI68A0085|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=13798|website=National Transportation Safety Board|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
* On 27 July 1973, a [[Beechcraft Travel Air]] crashed after taking off from the airport, killing one passenger and injuring the pilot and two other passengers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cincinnati Bar President Killed in Plane Crash near Lunken Airport |work=Cincinnati Post and Times-Star |date=28 July 1973 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NTSB Identification: CHI74FEG03|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=85386|website=National Transportation Safety Board|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
* On 25 October 1973, a [[Beechcraft Queen Air]] crashed into the [[Little Miami River]] after taking off from the airport, killing the pilot and a passenger and injuring an additional passenger.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Men Killed, Another Injured in Plane Crash |work=Cincinnati Post and Times-Star |date=25 October 1973 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Crash Probed |work=Cincinnati Post and Times-Star |date=26 October 1973 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NTSB Identification: NYC74AN034|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=84456|website=National Transportation Safety Board|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
* On 29 September 1979, a [[Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe]] crashed in [[Loveland, Ohio]], after taking off from the airport, killing the four crew.<ref>{{cite news |title=Helicopter Crash Draws Army Probe |work=Cincinnati Post |date=1 October 1979 |pages=1v–3v}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Crash May Take Months to Solve |work=Cincinnati Post |date=2 October 1979 |pages=1v, 3v}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Noble|first1=Greg|title=From The Vault: Military helicopter crashes into exclusive Clermont County home in 1979|url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/our-community/from-the-vault/from-the-vault-military-helicopter-crashes-into-exclusive-clermont-county-home-in-1979|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=WCPO.com|publisher=Scripps Media, Inc.|date=10 August 2017}}</ref>
* On 7 April 1981, a [[Learjet 23]] was damaged by a bird strike after taking off from the airport and forced to return for an emergency landing. The copilot was killed and the pilot seriously injured.<ref>{{cite news |title=One Dead in Lunken Accident; Duck Hitting Lear Jet Blamed |work=Cincinnati Post |date=7 April 1981 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Accident description [7 April 1981]|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810407-0|website=Aviation Safety Network|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
* On 16 December 1982, a [[Cessna 411]] crashed into a bookstore in [[Montgomery, Ohio]], on approach to land at the airport, killing the six people on board and injuring four more on the ground. One of those killed was Carl Johnson, who had embezzled $614,000 and was planning to lead authorities to the location of a buried portion of the money.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Noble|first1=Greg|title=This Week in Cincinnati History: Location of embezzled bank money lost in 1982 plane crash|url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/this-week-in-cincinnati-history-location-of-embezzled-bank-money-lost-in-1982-plane-crash|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=WCPO.com|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Scripps Media, Inc.|date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327024937/https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/this-week-in-cincinnati-history-location-of-embezzled-bank-money-lost-in-1982-plane-crash|archive-date=27 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Prochnau|first1=Bill|title=Crash Kills Embezzler, 4 FBI Men|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/12/17/crash-kills-embezzler-4-fbi-men/53347b26-7ac0-42ac-94a5-8ba2a1414f52|accessdate=26 March 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|date=17 December 1982}}</ref>
* On 20 June 1984, a [[Cessna 340A]] crashed after taking off from the airport, killing the pilot and three passengers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Investigator confirms crashed plane carrying wrong fuel|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/06/21/Investigator-confirms-crashed-plane-carrying-wrong-fuel/9714456638400|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=UPI.com|agency=UPI|publisher=United Press International, Inc.|date=21 June 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report [CHI84MA249]|url=http://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001214X39891&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA|website=National Transportation Safety Board|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
* On 25 November 1986, a [[Bell 206 JetRanger]] news helicopter belonging to [[WKRC (AM)]] crashed after taking off from a heliport just north of the airport, killing the pilot and passenger.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kiesewetter |first1=John |title=Radio listeners mourn 'Nance' |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=26 November 1986 |page=A-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2 Killed in WKRC Copter Crash |work=Cincinnati Post |date=25 November 1986 |pages=1A, 5A}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS NEWS TEAM|url=http://www.gendisasters.com/ohio/16721/cincinnati-oh-helicopter-crash-nov-1986|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=Daily News Record|agency=Associated Press|date=26 November 1986|location=Harrisonburg, Virginia|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141636/http://www.gendisasters.com/ohio/16721/cincinnati-oh-helicopter-crash-nov-1986|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On 26 January 1994, a [[Beechcraft Baron]] crashed in Newtown, Ohio, after taking off from the airport, killing the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClung |first1=Lori |title=Plane Crash Claims Pilot |work=Cincinnati Post |date=27 January 1994 |page=12A}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report [BFO94FA032]|url=http://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001206X00588&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA|website=National Transportation Safety Board|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
* On 1 November 1995, an unknown twin engine plane made an emergency landing at the airport after striking a deer on takeoff.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Denizet-Lewis |first1=Benoit |title=Four-Legged Intruders Cause Headaches at Airports, Too |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/102355418 |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=5 November 1995 |page=C10}}</ref>
* On 30 May 2006, a [[Cessna 210N]] crashed in Fort Thomas, Kentucky while attempting to land at the airport, killing the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitehead |first1=Shelly |title=Federal Probe of Fatal Crash May Begin Today |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/766083776 |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=Cincinnati Post |date=1 June 2006 |page=6A}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |date= |title=National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report |url=http://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63810/pdf |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=CHI06FA141 |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
* On 14 July 2009, a [[Piper Cherokee]] crashed near the airport while trying to land, seriously injuring the pilot.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Trina |title=Pilot injured in plane crash near Lunken Airport |url=http://www.fox19.com/story/10728625/pilot-injured-in-plane-crash-near-lunken-airport |accessdate=30 July 2018 |work=FOX 19 Now |publisher=Raycom Media}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Silliman |first1=James P. |title=Aviation Accident Final Report |url=https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20090715X83104&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=LA |website=National Transportation Safety Board |accessdate=30 July 2018 |date=15 December 2009}}</ref>
* On 22 Saturday 2012, a [[Cessna 182|Cessna 182Q]] crashed in Fort Thomas, Kentucky while attempting to land at the airport following a loss of engine power, injuring the pilot and a passenger.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McKibben |first1=Paul |title=Two Hurt in Small Plane Crash |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/462951749 |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=The Messenger |date=25 September 2012 |page=A2}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |date= |title=National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report |url=http://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85119/pdf |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=ERA12LA575 |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
* On 12 March 2019, a [[Piper Navajo]] crashed into a home in Madeira, Ohio while on approach to Lunken, killing the pilot. The aircraft, registered N400JM, was flying for an aerial photography and mapping company.<ref>{{cite news |title=At least 1 dead after small plane crashes into Madeira home |url=http://www.wlwt.com/article/at-least-1-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-into-madeira-home/26801188 |accessdate=12 March 2019 |work=WLWT5 |date=12 March 2019}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=March 2019}}
* On 9 January 2022, an unknown airplane made an emergency landing at the airport after suffering an engine failure.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane makes safe emergency landing at Lunken Airport |url=http://www.wlwt.com/article/plane-makes-safe-emergency-landing-at-lunken-airport/38704571 |access-date=9 January 2022 |work=WLWT |date=9 January 2022}}</ref>
* On 17 March 2023, a [[Piaggio P.180 Avanti]] suffered a landing gear collapse after landing at the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane lands on its side at Lunken Airport |url=http://www.fox19.com/2023/03/17/plane-swerves-while-landing-lunken-airport |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=FOX 19 |date=17 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309319 |url=http://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/309319 |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref>
* On 1 September 2023, a [[Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six|Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six]] operated by [[Flamingo Air (Cincinnati airline)|Flamingo Air]] crashed in [[Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio|Anderson Township]] after taking off from the airport.Three passengers were uninjured and the pilot suffered a minor injury.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Jennifer Edwards |title=Pilot reported 'engine issues' as plane went down in Anderson Twp: NTSB |url=http://www.fox19.com/2023/09/03/pilot-reported-engine-issues-plane-went-down-anderson-twp-ntsb |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=FOX 19 Now |date=3 September 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Ohio}}
* [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]]
* [[Cincinnati–Blue Ash Airport]]
* [[Ohio World War II Army Airfields]]
* [[Air Transport Command (World War II)|Air Transport Command]]
* [[List of airports in Ohio]]

==References==
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

===Footnotes===
{{Notelist}}

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
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* {{cite report |date=6 June 1927 |title=Lunken Airport |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3122367&seq=207 |series=Airway Bulletin |number=84 |publisher=Information Division, Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce |pages=1–2 |access-date=9 January 2022}}
* {{cite report |date=1 September 1931 |title=Descriptions of Airports and Landing Fields in the United States |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000111675983&seq=194 |series=Airway Bulletin |number=2 |publisher=Aeronautics Branch, U.S. Department of Commerce |page=109 |access-date=9 January 2022}}
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==External links==
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*[https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/dote/lunken-airport/ Official site]
*[http://commons.erau.edu/do/search/?q=corporate_author%3A%22The%20Embry-Riddle%20Company%22 Corporate Author: The Embry-Riddle Company – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]
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