Rickenbacker International Airport to Zanesville: Getting There

Rickenbacker International Airport is in Columbus, Ohio, 56 miles from Zanesville. The airport authority describes it as a cargo-dedicated airport and intermodal facility; its passenger terminal serves Allegiant passengers.

The terminal is accessible from the I-270 outerbelt and is described by the airport authority as minutes from downtown Columbus. For your arrival plans, confirm that your flight uses LCK rather than John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH), which is at 4600 International Gateway, Columbus, Ohio 43219.

Zanesville is also about 5 minutes on foot from Zanesville Inn’s city centre, a separate local trip from the airport drive.

Allow about 1 hour 7 minutes for the LCK-to-Zanesville drive, using the published estimate as a planning guide rather than a live traffic prediction. The Zanesville-Muskingum County Port Authority gives the distance as 56 miles; a secondary route reference estimates 56.6 miles and the same drive time.

From Rickenbacker, the airport’s stated access point is the I-270 outerbelt. The available route facts do not identify a full set of roads between Columbus and Zanesville, so use current directions for your journey. If you are driving a rental, arrange it in advance: the airport says rental cars are not available on-property upon arrival without a reservation.

Parking is directly in front of the passenger terminal. Published rates are $4 for the first hour, $1 for each additional hour, and $12 per 24-hour period. The airport also has a free cell phone waiting lot beside the terminal for people picking up arriving passengers.

Taxis and rideshares pick up curbside at the passenger terminal. The airport advises passengers to check local listings to arrange taxi service. For a pickup, the free cell phone waiting lot beside the terminal is available while you wait for an arriving passenger.

Enterprise serves passengers traveling to or from LCK. Reservations are available at 614.859.4049, and the airport directs passengers to call Enterprise for the most up-to-date rental-service information. Reserve before arrival rather than relying on finding a car at the airport.

Ground transport arrangements can change, so check the official site before you go. For the drive after landing, you can also use a guide to getting around Zanesville to plan local transport.

LCK and CMH have similar published drive estimates to Zanesville, but their passenger ground-transport details differ. The Zanesville-Muskingum County Port Authority places CMH 54 miles west of Zanesville and says it is less than an hour’s drive away.

A secondary route reference estimates 54.6 miles and 1 hour 6 minutes from CMH, compared with 56.6 miles and 1 hour 7 minutes from LCK; these are estimates, not live traffic conditions.

CMH has nine onsite rental-car companies: Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Payless and Thrifty. Passengers follow purple signs to the arrivals curb and take a shuttle to the rental car center; rental-car shuttles run 24/7.

Uber and Lyft pickup is on the arrivals level across the Arrivals drive in the ground transportation area, while taxis are available on the ground transportation level.

CMH also points passengers to the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) trip planner for journeys to and from its terminal. Compare your flight airport and ground-transport arrangements before booking; the guide to getting from CMH Airport to Zanesville covers that airport route.