Lake Placid Airport

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Lake Placid Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNorth Elba Park District
Serves Lake Placid, New York
Elevation  AMSL 1,747 ft / 532 m
Coordinates 44°15′52″N073°57′43″W / 44.26444°N 73.96194°W / 44.26444; -73.96194
Map
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Lake Placid Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
14/324,2001,280Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations12,000
Based aircraft14

Lake Placid Airport( IATA : LKP, ICAO : KLKP, FAA LID : LKP) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district of Lake Placid, [1] a village in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, United States. It is owned by the North Elba Park District. [1]

Contents

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2] Currently, there is no scheduled air service to this airport, although charter operations are available at the airport. A few miles to the west of Lake Placid toward Saranac Lake is the larger Adirondack Regional Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Lake Placid Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14 ha) at an elevation of 1,747 feet (532 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending July 18, 2019, the airport had 12,000 aircraft operations: 51% local general aviation, 34% itinerant general aviation, 14.5% air taxi, and 0.5% military. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 12 single-engine and 2 multi-engine. [1]

Significant Events

On October 1, 2023, aviation safety instructor Richard McSpadden and American football former tight end Russ Francis were flying a Cessna 177 out of Lake Placid Airport when the aircraft "experienced an emergency after takeoff." They attempted to return to the airport, but crashed into a ravine near the airport. Both McSpadden and Francis were killed. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for LKP PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 18 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Estimate". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) 20192023. USDOT. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "AOPA mourns death of Richard McSpadden". AOPA . 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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