Capital Region International Airport

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Capital Region International Airport

IATA: LAN - ICAO: KLAN
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Capital Region Airport Authority
Serves		Lansing, Michigan
Elevation AMSL		861 ft (262.4 m)
Coordinates		42°46′43.32″N, 84°35′14.48″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10R/28L	8,001	2,439	Asphalt
10L/28R	3,601	1,098	Asphalt
6/24	5,001	1,524	Asphalt/Concrete

For other airports with this name, see Capital City Airport.

Capital Region International Airport (IATA: LAN, ICAO: KLAN), formerly known as Lansing Capital City Airport, is a public, Class C airport located 3 miles (5 km) northwest of downtown Lansing in Clinton County, Michigan, USA. According to airport authority, 497,824 people flew in or out of the airport in 2007, an 11 percent drop from 2006 and the lowest total since 1988. 65 million pounds (29 million kg) of cargo was carried in or out of the airport in 2007, a 9% increase from 2006.^[1]

Continental Airlines had planned to launch Continental Connection service to Lansing in 2008, but the service was cancelled before it began.^[2]

1 Terminals and destinations
2 Cargo
3 Ground transportation
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Terminals and destinations

Capital Regional International covers 2,160 acres (8.7 km²). A business center is located near gate 6, and it provides complimentary wireless (SSID "CRAA") Internet access.

The following airlines fly to Capital Region International Airport:

Allegiant Air (Orlando-Sanford, St. Petersburg/Clearwater) - Gate 9
Delta Airlines - Gates 1, 5
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
Shamrock Express
- Operated by North American Airlines (Shannon) [seasonal charter - begins summer 2009]^[3]
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis) - Gates 4, 5, 7, 8
- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)
United Airlines - Gate 2
- United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare)

Non-Stop Destinations from Capital City Airport effective May 4, 2008

[edit] Cargo

[edit] Ground transportation

The airport is accessible by road from Grand River Avenue, and is close to I-69, I-96, and U.S. Route 127.
CATA Bus Route 14 runs between the airport and downtown Lansing. To get to East Lansing or the Michigan State University campus, riders may transfer from the Lansing end of Route 14 onto Route 1, Route 4, or Route 15.