Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (IATA: LBL, ICAO: KLBL, FAA LID: LBL) is two miles west of Liberal, in Seward County, Kansas.
The Federal Aviation Administration says this airport had 7,911 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 6,255 in 2009 and 7,156 in 2010.
During World War II, the facility was Liberal Army Airfield and was used for United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force B-24 Liberator training from 1943 to 1945.
Before April 1944, Liberal was home to a Twin Engine Flying Training Group with four squadrons (60, 63, 1029, 1030), the 527th Base Hq & Air Base Sq, 324th Sub Depot, 444th (later 744th) AAF Band, and 396th Aviation Sq.
[1] In 2022, the airport had 42,640 aircraft operations, an average of 117 per day: 94% general aviation, 3% airline, 3% air taxi, and <1% military.