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) and about 16 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 12,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 98 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lake Placid Airport?
Its FAA code is LKP, and its ICAO code is KLKP.
Where is Lake Placid Airport?
It is 1 mile southeast of Lake Placid, New York, 1,747 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Lake Placid Airport?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,196 feet long, asphalt.
Does Lake Placid Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lake Placid Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lake Placid Airport?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Westchester County, Laurence G Hanscom Field, Teterboro, Republic, East Hampton. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lake Placid Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Lake Placid Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Adirondack Regional (13 nm northwest), Plattsburgh International (31 nm northeast), Patrick Leahy Burlington International (37 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New York · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 12 departures from LKP in those twelve months, carrying 43 passengers in 96 seats (45% filled), to 6 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Placid → Westchester County LKP–HPN | 5 | 22 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Lake Placid → Laurence G Hanscom Field LKP–BED | 2 | 3 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Lake Placid → Teterboro LKP–TEB | 2 | 8 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Lake Placid → Republic LKP–FRG | 1 | 6 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Lake Placid → East Hampton LKP–HTO | 1 | 2 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Lake Placid → Tweed/New Haven LKP–HVN | 1 | 2 | Tradewind Aviation |
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 13 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,740 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,080 |
| general aviation, local | 6,120 |
| military | 60 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New York.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative.
- Duane Anthony Tedesco private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plattsburgh, NY (31 nm) · (518) 241-3601 · [email protected]
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vermont Flight Academy · South Burlington, VT (36 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
- William Payne private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, seaplanes · Payne’s Air Service · Inlet, NY (46 nm) · (315) 723-5508 · [email protected]
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Lake Placid 10 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Lake Placid Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Westchester County (HPN) 5 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Teterboro (TEB) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Republic (FRG) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- East Hampton (HTO) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Tweed/New Haven (HVN) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 127 landing places
- New York 6,661 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LKP.json.
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 27, 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.