Lake Hood Strip
Encyclopedia
Lake Hood Strip is a state-owned public-use general aviation
airstrip adjacent to the Lake Hood Seaplane Base
, three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage
in the U.S. state
of Alaska
. The airstrip and seaplane base are located at Lake Hood, just east of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
.
(13/31) with a gravel
surface measuring 2,200 x 75 ft. (671 x 23 m). There are 437 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% multi-engine.
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
airstrip adjacent to the Lake Hood Seaplane Base
Lake Hood Seaplane Base
Lake Hood Seaplane Base is a state-owned seaplane base located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska...
, three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. The airstrip and seaplane base are located at Lake Hood, just east of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
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Facilities and aircraft
Lake Hood Strip has one runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
(13/31) with a gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
surface measuring 2,200 x 75 ft. (671 x 23 m). There are 437 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% multi-engine.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIFGIFThe Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
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