Cincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field (Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is a public
airport in
Cincinnati,
Ohio, three miles (5 km) southeast of
Downtown Cincinnati. It is owned by the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. The airport mostly serves private aircraft and the fleets of local corporations. Also, the airport serves a limited amount of commercial flights and is the second largest airport serving
Cincinnati after
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. It is known as
Lunken Airport or
Lunken Field, after Eshelby Lunken. 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 4 destinations throughout the eastern
United States with 10 peak daily departures. Lunken is also home to small charter airline
Flamingo Air and its accompanying aviation school.