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KLKP Lake Placid Airport
Lake Placid, New York, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: LKP
Lat/Long: 44-15-52.1200N 073-57-42.7300W
44-15.868667N 073-57.712167W
44.2644778,-73.9618694
(estimated)
Elevation: 1747 ft. / 532.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 15W (1985)
From city: 1 mile SE of LAKE PLACID, NY
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 12946

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1939
Control tower: no
ARTCC: BOSTON CENTER
FSS: BURLINGTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BTV (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0900-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
SEGMENTED CIRCLE HAS NO TFC PATTERN INDICATOR.
Lights: ACTVT PAPI RWY 14; MIRL RWY 14/32; TWY LGTS - CTAF.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3PT: 118.025 (518-302-5422)
WX ASOS at SLK (13 nm NW): 124.175 (518-891-6696)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY BOSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 120.35/342.25 (ST. ALBANS RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BTVr272/34.4BURLINGTON VOR/DME117.5015W

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 4196 x 60 ft. / 1279 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
PCN 24 /F/B/X/T
Single wheel: 8.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Latitude: 44-16.069670N44-15.667427N
Longitude: 073-58.102618W073-57.321575W
Elevation: 1743.3 ft.1745.8 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 141 magnetic, 126 true321 magnetic, 306 true
Displaced threshold: no1140 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
PAPI UNUSBL BYD 3 NM
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none57 ft. trees, 532 ft. from runway, 225 ft. right of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear
RWY 32 APCH RATIO 29:1 TO DTHR.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: NO.ELBA PARK DISTRICT
BOX 630
LAKE PLACID, NY 12946
Phone 518-523-2473
Manager: STEVE SHORT
BOX 630
LAKE PLACID, NY 12946
Phone 518-523-2473

Additional Remarks

- MOUNTAINS ON BOTH APPROACHES 1-5 MILES FROM RWY ENDS.
- EXTENSIVE GLIDER ACTIVITY SPRING AND FALL.
- COLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT. ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -31C.
- FOR CD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 14   download (224KB)
RNAV (GPS)-A   download (221KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (489KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSLK - Adirondack Regional Airport (13 nm NW)
KPBG - Plattsburgh International Airport (31 nm NE)
4B6 - Ticonderoga Municipal Airport (33 nm SE)
KBTV - Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (37 nm E)
KMAL - Malone-Dufort Airport (39 nm NW)
  
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Photo taken 06-Apr-2013
looking southwest.
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4811:48
Sunrise07:2212:22
Sunset16:1621:16
Evening civil twilight16:4921:49

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-Dec-2025 03:54:53
Local (UTC-5)  10-Dec-2025 22:54:53
 
METAR
KLKP 110335Z AUTO 26003KT 5SM -SN BR BKN032 BKN038 OVC049 M02/M03 A2912 RMK AO2
KSLK 
13nm NW 		110341Z AUTO 23007KT 4SM -SN BR SCT009 OVC015 M01/M02 A2910 RMK AO2 P0000 T10061022
TAF
KSLK 
13nm NW 		102045Z 1021/1118 19007KT 1SM -SN OVC008 WS020/22040KT TEMPO 1021/1023 3SM -SN BR SCT008 BKN025 FM102300 20006KT 2SM -SN BR OVC012 WS020/22040KT FM110500 24005KT 4SM -SN BR OVC006 FM110800 26012G25KT 2SM -SHSN BR OVC020 FM111500 25014G26KT 5SM -SHSN BR OVC020
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