Lake Placid Airport
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Lake Placid Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) 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]
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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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]
See also
References
External links
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". airport diagram from New York State DOT
- Adirondack Flying Service / Lake Placid Airport
- Aerial image as of May 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for LKP, effective Error: Invalid time.
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LKP
- AirNav airport information for KLKP
- ASN accident history for LKP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KLKP