# Lake Louise Airport (PAAO)

**Lake Louise Airport** (ICAO: PAAO) is a small airport in Lake Louise, Alaska, United States. It opened in Feb 1958. It has one runway, 2,900 ft (884 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/z55

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / PAAO
- FAA: Z55
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lake Louise, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Feb 1958
- Elevation: 2,480 ft / 756 m
- Coordinates: 62.2915, -146.5773
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,900 ft / 884 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Louise_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6476683
- Weather station: PALK
- Ident: Z55

## Timeline

- Feb 1958: Lake Louise Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,900 ft / 884 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 150° / 330° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,900 ft / 884 m | =17,331 of 29,858 | =7,257 in North America | =6,129 in US |
| Elevation | 2,480 ft / 756 m | #6,997 of 43,403 | #3,289 in North America | #2,528 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [Z14](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z14.md) Tazlina Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [5AK4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0323.md) Snowshoe Lake Airport and Seaplane Base · 18 mi / 29 km
- [1AK2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ak2.md) Crosswind Lake Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [3AK1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak04.md) Skelton Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [GKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagk.md) Gulkana Airport · 37 mi / 60 km
- [8AK1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ak1.md) Jacobus Field · 39 mi / 63 km

## 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/z55/data