Lake Hood Seaplane Base , ( ICAO : PALH , FAA LID : LHD ) is a state-owned civilian airport , located six kilometers southwest of the central business district of Anchorage . [1] Near the airport there is the Lake Hood Strip Airfield ( FAA LID : Z41 ), located in the Lake Hood area ( Alaska ) and using one runway.
| Lake Hood Hydroairport Lake Hood Seaplane Base [1] | |||||||||||||
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| IATA : - ICAO : PALH | |||||||||||||
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| Type of | civil | ||||||||||||
| A country | USA | ||||||||||||
| Location | Alaska | ||||||||||||
| Operator | State of alaska | ||||||||||||
| NUM height | 22 m | ||||||||||||
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Lake Hood Airport is currently one of the busiest commercial water airports in the world, serving up to 190 flights daily. Lake Hoods is located on Lake Hood Lake near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport .
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Operations
The Lake Hood Hydroairport is located at an altitude of 22 meters above sea level and operates three runways designed to receive seaplanes [1] :
- E / W dimensions 1384 x 57 meters;
- N / S dimensions 588 x 61 meters;
- NS / WE measuring 418 x 46 meters.
Lake Hoods airfield operates one runway [2] :
- 13/31 measuring 671 x 23 meters with gravel .
Between August 1, 2004 and August 1, 2005, Lake Hoods Airport handled 69,400 take-offs and landings (average 190 operations per day), of which 88% were for general aviation , 12% were for taxi services and less 1% were flights of military aircraft. During this period, 781 aircraft were based at the airport: 97% were single-engine and 3% were multi-engine. [one]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 FAI LHD Airport Base Data ( Form 5010 PDF )
- ↑ FAI Z41 Airport Base Data ( Form 5010 PDF ), effective 2009-07-02