Adirondack Regional Airport

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Adirondack Regional Airport

IATA: SLK – ICAO: KSLK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Town of Harrietstown, New York
Serves		Harrietstown, Lake Placid, & Saranac Lake
Location		Saranac Lake
Elevation AMSL		1,663 ft / 507 m
Coordinates		44°23′07″N 074°12′22″W / 44.38528, -74.20611
Website		www.saranaclake.com/airport
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	6,573	2,003	Grooved asphalt
9/27	3,998	1,219	Asphalt

Adirondack Regional Airport (IATA: SLK, ICAO: KSLK) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) from Harrietstown, a town in Franklin County, New York, USA. It serves the villages of Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,597 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 2,682 enplanements in 2005.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Adirondack is classified as commercial service - non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.^[2]

1 Facilities
2 Airlines and Destinations
3 References
- 3.1 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Facilities

Adirondack Regional Airport covers 1,499 acres (607 ha) and has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 6,573 x 150 ft. (2,003 x 46 m) and 9/27 measuring 3,998 x 100 ft. (1,219 x 30 m).

In the 1960s, the Adirondack Airport had three runways. Runway 16/34 was 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) wide, but was abandoned sometime between the mid 1970s and early 1980s. The main runway was lengthened from approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m) to its present length during the early 1970s or thereabouts and an instrument landing system and approach lighting system was installed on the southwest-facing runway 23. Also, a parallel taxiway was added to almost the full length of runway 9-27 and a partial parallel taxiway was added between the abandoned northwest-southeast runway - part of which was converted into a taxiway and the approach end of runway 23.