In 1933 the Lancaster Joint Aviation Committee was formed and the decision was made to operate a municipal airport.

In 1936 Lancaster became the second airport in Pennsylvania to two hard surface runways, and was certified for both night and daytime operations.

[4] Lancaster Airport covers an area of 850 acres (344 ha) at an elevation of 403 feet (123 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 73,087 aircraft operations, an average of 200 per day: 91% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 3% military.

In April 2022, there were 120 aircraft based at this airport: 99 single-engine, 9 multi-engine, 6 jet, 5 helicopter and 1 glider.