# Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (LKE / W55)

**Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base** (IATA: LKE, FAA: W55) is a seaplane base in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened in Sep 1947. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, water. In 2025 it handled 50 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/w55

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LKE / —
- FAA: W55
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Opened: Sep 1947
- Elevation: 14 ft / 4 m
- Coordinates: 47.6290, -122.3390
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Passengers: 49,820 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.kenmoreair.com/sub_content.php?content_type=28#lke
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenmore_Air_Harbor_Seaplane_Base (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6389465
- Weather station: KBFI
- Ident: W55

## Timeline

- Sep 1947: Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16W/34W | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 500 ft / 152 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 41,439 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 41,405 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 45,983 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 49,051 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 53,733 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 31,083 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 41,922 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 55,210 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 49,820 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (2)

- [YWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywh.md) Victoria Harbour Seaplane Base · Canada · 73 mi / 117 km · Harbour Air
- [CXH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhc.md) Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome · Canada · 121 mi / 194 km · Harbour Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LKE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- YB [Harbour Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/harbour-air) · 2 · seasonal

## Nearby airports

- [BFI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfi.md) King County International Airport - Boeing Field · 7.3 mi / 12 km
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [PAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpae.md) Seattle Paine Field International Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [PWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwt.md) Bremerton National Airport · 22 mi / 35 km
- [TIW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktiw.md) Tacoma Narrows Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [TCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktcm.md) McChord Air Force Base · 35 mi / 56 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #10

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenmore_Air_Harbor_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1366692601), revision of 29 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/w55/data