Lake Louise Airport
Z55 · PAAO · Lake Louise, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Lake Louise Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Lake Louise, Alaska, 2,480 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,900 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 300 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Lake Louise Airport?
Its FAA code is Z55, and its ICAO code is PAAO.
Where is Lake Louise Airport?
It is 1 mile northeast of Lake Louise, Alaska, 2,480 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Lake Louise Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,900 feet long, gravel.
Does Lake Louise Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Z55 · ICAO PAAO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,480 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,900 × 60 ft | Gravel, excellent |
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, brush on the approach
- Runway 31: trees 32 ft high 1,049 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Gulkana Airport (32 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lake Louise Seaplane Base (2 nm east), Gulkana Airport (32 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 Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Red and green threshold reflectors; reflective white mkrs full length; reflective blue markers on taxiway.
- Red and green threshold reflectors; reflective white mkrs full length; reflective blue markers on taxiway.
- Radio unavailable to close FP.
- Winter maintenance NA.
- Ctn: Lake float plane act.
- Caribou in the vicinity of runway.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
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 300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 100 |
| general aviation, local | 100 |
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 Louise from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Lake Louise, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,141 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/Z55.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 26, 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.