Lake Hood Seaplane Base | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Alaska DOT&PF – Central Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Anchorage, Alaska | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 71 ft / 22 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°10′54″N 149°57′59″W / 61.18167°N 149.96639°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lake Hood Seaplane Base (ICAO: PALH, FAA LID: LHD) is a state-owned seaplane base located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southwest of the central business district of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The Lake Hood Strip (ICAO: PALH, FAA LID: LHD) is a gravel runway located adjacent to the seaplane base. The gravel strip airport's previous code of (FAA LID: Z41) has been decommissioned and combined with (ICAO: PALH, FAA LID: LHD) as another landing surface.[2]
Operating continuously and open to the public, Lake Hood is the world's busiest seaplane base, handling an average of 190 flights per day. It is located on Lakes Hood and Spenard (Niłkidal'iy in the indigenous Dena'ina language),[3] next to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport three miles from downtown Anchorage. The base has an operating control tower,[1] and during the winter months the frozen lake surface is maintained for ski-equipped airplanes.[4]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Lake Hood is assigned LHD by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[5] The airport's ICAO identifier is PALH.[6]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for LHD PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ "Alaska Supplement digital – Airport/Facility Directory" (PDF). FAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ "Dena'ina Placenames". Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport – Lake Hood Ice Conditions". State of Alaska. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ^ "PALH – Anchorage, Alaska (Lake Hood SPB)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-07.