Lake Hood Airport
LHD · PALH · Anchorage, Alaska · Anchorage County · map
Lake Hood Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Ak - Dot & Pf, 3 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, 79 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,200 feet of gravel and dirt. It has 3 water landing areas. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now PALH · observed 12:53 pm AKDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 6,000 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 45°F (7°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.64 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PALH 062053Z VRB03KT 10SM -RA OVC060 07/06 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP037 P0001 60002 T00720061 51024
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LHD · ICAO PALH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Ak - Dot & Pf
- Elevation
- 79 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 600 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1947
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| E/W | 4,541 × 188 ft | Water | |
| 14/32 | 2,200 × 75 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| N/S | 1,930 × 200 ft | Water | |
| SE/NW | 1,369 × 150 ft | Water |
- Runway 14: tree 68 ft high 936 ft from the end
- Runway 32: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 78 ft high 1,117 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.8 | Lake Hood |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Lhd and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.6 | Lake Hood |
| Clearance delivery | 119.4 | Lake Hood |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 119.1 | Lake Hood |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-245-5432.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Anchorage from the FAA register
2,530 aircraft are registered to owners in Anchorage, Alaska: 2,052 piston singles, 211 turboprops, 120 helicopters, 82 piston twins, 28 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 61 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Located runway 14/32 transient parking and the FBO (fixed-base operator).
- Ltd to 9000 LB or less.
- Traffic pattern overlaps seadrome pattern.
- Floating debris on Lake.
- Area northwest and southwest of Lake spenard from canal eastward 1500 feet not vsbl from the control tower.
- Waterfowl, nesting areas and large flocks of birds SPRING-FALL in the vicinity of airport.
- Pub ramps on north and west shore of Lake Hood.
- Noise sensitive area in effect - amgr for information.
- Taxiway V pcl security gate east of taxiway east; key 121.75 3 times.
- See notice in section C for airport layout graphic.
- Ctn: paew; taxiway/road around Lake Hood multi use; recommended landing light durg tax.
- Taxiway H-2/LAKESHORE taxiway gates pcl; key 121.75 3 times.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.