Lake Placid Airport (IATA: LKP, ICAO: KLKP, FAA LID: LKP) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district of Lake Placid,[1] a village in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, United States.
Lake Placid Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14 ha) at an elevation of 1,747 feet (532 m) above mean sea level.
It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m).
[1] For the 12-month period ending July 18, 2019, the airport had 12,000 aircraft operations: 51% local general aviation, 34% itinerant general aviation, 14.5% air taxi, and 0.5% military.
[1] On October 1, 2023, aviation safety instructor Richard McSpadden and American football former tight end Russ Francis were flying a Cessna 177 out of Lake Placid Airport when the aircraft "experienced an emergency after takeoff."