Airlake Airport (ICAO: KLVN, FAA LID: LVN) is a public use airport in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.[1] Owned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, It is approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of both downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul[2] [1] The airport is located near the Twin Cities suburbs of Lakeville and Farmington.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Metropolitan Airports Commission | ||||||||||
Serves | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | ||||||||||
Location | Lakeville, Minnesota | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 960 ft / 293 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°37′40″N 093°13′41″W / 44.62778°N 93.22806°W | ||||||||||
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LVN Location of airport in Minnesota / United States LVN LVN (the United States) | |||||||||||
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This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[3]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LVN by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[4][5]
Airlake Airport covers an area of 425 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 960 feet (293 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,099 by 75 feet (1,249 x 23 m).[1]
Future plans include new hangars in the southwest corner of the airfield, expanding the primary runway to 4,600 feet (1,400 m) and developing a 2,500-foot (760 m) crosswind runway.
There is one fixed-base operator (FBO), Aircraft Resource Center.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 34,174 aircraft operations, an average of 94 per day, 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 1% military. In January 2017, there were 108 aircraft based at this airport: 99 single-engine and 9 multi-engine.[1]