Airlake Airport

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Coordinates: 44°37′40″N 093°13′41″W / 44.62778, -93.22806

Airlake Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KLVN – FAA: LVN
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Metropolitan Airports Commission
Serves		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location		Lakeville, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL		960 ft / 293 m
Website		mspairport.com/Relievers/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	4,098	1,249	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			65,000
Based aircraft			159
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Airlake Airport (ICAO: KLVN, FAA LID: LVN) is a public airport located in the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, near the communities of Lakeville and Farmington in Dakota County, about 22 miles (35 km) south of the central business district of Minneapolis. It is owned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Airlake Airport is assigned LVN by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Airlake Airport covers an area of 425 acres (172 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 12/30 which measures 4,098 x 75 ft. (1,249 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2006, the airport had 65,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 178 per day. There are 159 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 1% jet.^[1]

Future plans include new hangars in the southwest corner of the airfield, expanding the primary runway to 4,600 feet, and developing a 2,500-foot crosswind runway.