Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base
Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base | |||||||||||
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AMSL 14 ft / 4 m | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°37′44″N 122°20′19″W / 47.62889°N 122.33861°W | ||||||||||
Website | www.KenmoreAir.com | ||||||||||
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Sources: WSDOT[2] |
Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base, or Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base,[1][2] (IATA: LKE, FAA LID: W55) is a seaplane base and international airport on Lake Union, Washington, U.S., 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) north of Downtown Seattle.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base is 3 acres (1.2 ha) at an
For the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 43,500 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 82% air taxi and 18% general aviation.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
History
The first seaplane flight from Lake Union was by William E. Boeing, on June 15, 1916. The lake has been served by commercial flights from Kenmore Air since 1946. In 2018, buoys and lights were installed in the lake to warn boaters of landing planes.[4] Despite the warnings, recreational watergoers have continued to use the public lake, leading to cancelled flights.[5]
See also
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 21 March 2024.
- ^ Washington State DOTAirport Directory
- ^ "Airports - Seattle Seaplanes SPB". Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Clark, Kristen M. (April 27, 2018). "Growth's impact on Lake Union: More flights — and a seaplane runway". Crosscut. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ Roberts, Paul (November 16, 2019). "Paddleboards vs. pilots: Kenmore Air, Lake Union neighbors clash over crowded waters". The Seattle Times.
External links
- Kenmore Air
- Aerial photo as of 10 July 1990 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for W55
- AirNav airport information for W55
- ASN accident history for LKE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for W55