# Lake Placid Airport (LKP / KLKP)

**Lake Placid Airport** (IATA: LKP, ICAO: KLKP) is a small airport in Lake Placid, New York, United States. It opened in Jan 1939. It has one runway, 4,196 ft (1,279 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klkp

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LKP / KLKP
- FAA: LKP
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lake Placid, New York, United States
- Opened: Jan 1939
- Elevation: 1,747 ft / 533 m
- Coordinates: 44.2645, -73.9619
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,196 ft / 1,279 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Placid_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6477376
- Weather station: KLKP
- Ident: KLKP

## Timeline

- Jan 1939: Lake Placid Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 4,196 ft / 1,279 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 126° / 306° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/09371AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,196 ft / 1,279 m | =9,104 of 29,858 | #3,524 in North America | #2,928 in US |
| Elevation | 1,747 ft / 533 m | =10,283 of 43,403 | =4,547 in North America | #3,429 in US |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =343 in North America | =322 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | BOSTON CNTR | 120.350 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klkp/data