The selected site was a 300 acres (121 ha) state-owned hayfield and marsh (known as Chandler's Marsh), originally planned to be a boys' vocational school. In 1925 Lt Harry Warner arrived in Lansing to help Davis and others select the current site for Capital City Airport. The 80 acres (32 ha) field was operated by Chamber of commerce Secretary Charley Davis. From 1922 to 1926 Lansing's airport was Creyts Field, located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the current airport. The second airfield opened the following year 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of downtown. In 1919 the first airfield in Lansing opened approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of downtown. More than 20,000 spectators watched pilot Jimmy Ward perform stunts in the Shooting Star, his Curtiss biplane. The first recorded flight in Lansing took place on October 15, 1911, at an old racecourse (later the Red Cedar Golf Course). įurther information: Lansing Civil Air Patrol Quonset Huts The Airport Authority reported 180,385 scheduled passengers and 8,085 charter passengers flew to or from the airport in 2021. The Airport Authority also oversees nearby Jewett Field (TEW) in Mason. Two ex officio members represent Eaton County and Clinton County. Three members represent Ingham County and three members represent the City of Lansing.
The airport is owned and operated by the Capital Region Airport Authority, an eight-member governing board. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.
Small areas of the airport are located in Watertown Township, and Delta Township. Capital Region International Airport ( IATA: LAN, ICAO: KLAN, FAA LID: LAN), formerly Lansing Capital City Airport, is a public, Class C airport located 3 miles (5 km) northwest of downtown Lansing in a portion of DeWitt Township, Michigan that has been annexed to the City of Lansing via Public Act 425.
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