Lake Placid Airport
LKP · KLKP · Lake Placid, New York · Essex County · map
Lake Placid Airport is a public-use airport owned by North Elba Park District, 1 mile southeast of Lake Placid, New York, 1,747 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,196 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLKP · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 13 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 50°F (10°C), dew point 25°F (-4°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KLKP 062015Z AUTO 29013G18KT 10SM CLR 10/M04 A3003 RMK AO2
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 LKP · ICAO KLKP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- North Elba Park District
- Elevation
- 1,747 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1939
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,196 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 1,140 ft, trees 57 ft high 532 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Lkp and aWOS-3PT | 118.025 | |
| ST. Albans Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 518-302-5259.
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 Lake Placid from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Lake Placid, New York: 8 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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 New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 3 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
- Non compliance with far 157.
- Mountains on both approaches 1-5 miles from runway ends.
- Activate PAPI runway 14; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Segmented circle has no traffic pattern indicator.
- Town of north elba
- PAPI unusable beyond 3 NM
- Runway 32 approach ratio 29:1 to dthr.
- Extensive glider activity spring and fall.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -31C.
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.