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Lake Hood seaplane base in Anchorage (United State)
Lake Hood seaplane base is located near Anchorage, with Turnagain Heights at 2mi↑, Anchorage at 4mi↑, Potter Hill at 8mi↑, Eagle River at 17mi↑, Indian at 20mi↑, Chugiak at 22mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also seaplane bases in United State
aerial view of Lake Hood seaplane base
Airport code
- ICAO code : PALH
- IATA code : -
- Local code : LHD
Elevation : 22 m = 72ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway E/W : 1384m = 4541ft
- runway N/S : 588m = 1929ft
- runway NW/SE : 418m = 1371ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
Coming to Lake Hood seaplane base
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International airport at 1mi : book on Iberia
- Merrill Field airport at 5mi : book on Trip.com
- Elmendorf Air Force Base airport at 7mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Lake Hood seaplane base PALH LHD
METAR for Lake Hood seaplane base PALH LHD
PALH 221053Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM OVC070 16/08 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T01560083 TSNO
Decoded METAR for Lake Hood seaplane base PALH LHD
METAR issued by PALH on Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 10:53 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 11 hours and 47 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 16°C = 61°F, dew point is 8°C = 46°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 59 %.
QNH is 1017hPa = 30.02inHg
Wind 6km/h = 3kt, direction is 270°.
Clouds : overcast at 7000ft = 2130m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=165 T01560083 T snow O
No TAF for Lake Hood seaplane base
but aviation weather is available at Ted Stevens Anchorage International airport (PANC) at 1mi↑
NOTAM for Lake Hood seaplane base
Around Lake Hood seaplane base in Anchorage (United State)
near
- Hotels in Turnagain Heights
- MoMA (New York) at 3363mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 3368mi↑
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 3966mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4679mi↑
- Paris at 4680mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4681mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4752mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4753mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4760mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4776mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4779mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4780mi↑
- for Lake Hood airport at 0mi↑
- for Lake Hood airport at 1mi↑
- for Ted Stevens Anchorage International airport at 1mi↑
nearest airports to Lake Hood seaplane base in Anchorage (United State)
- Lake Hood airport ( Z41) at 1mi↑
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International airport (PANC ANC ) at 1mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Campbell Lake seaplane base ( 3C3) at 3mi↑
- Aviator Hotel Anchorage heliport ( 99AA) at 4mi↑
- Point Mackenzie airport ( US-2892) at 5mi↑defunct airport
- Merrill Field airport (PAMR MRI ) at 5mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Sleepers Strip airport ( 6AK2) at 5mi↑
- Providence Hospital heliport ( AK38) at 5mi↑
- Point Mackenzie heliport ( AK37) at 5mi↑
- MacKenzie Country Airpark airport ( 2AK0) at 5mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap