Livermore Municipal Airport

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Livermore Municipal Airport
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ATC tower
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of Livermore
LocationLivermore, California
Elevation AMSL400 ft / 122 m
Coordinates37°41′36.2″N 121°49′13.3″W / 37.693389°N 121.820361°W / 37.693389; -121.820361Coordinates: 37°41′36.2″N 121°49′13.3″W / 37.693389°N 121.820361°W / 37.693389; -121.820361
Websitewww.cityoflivermore.net/airport
Map
LVK is located in California
LVK
LVK
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7L/25R 5,253 x 100 1,601 × 30 Asphalt
7R/25L 2,699 x 75 823 × 23 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 24 x 22 7 × 7 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Based aircraft425
Aircraft operations148,153

Livermore Municipal Airport (IATA: LVK, ICAO: KLVK) is three miles west of Livermore, California, in Alameda County, California.[1] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a regional reliver facility.[2]

The airport has no scheduled airline service; the closest airline airport is Oakland International Airport. Livermore appeared in the OAG in 1976-77: California Air Commuter scheduled Navajos.

Facilities[]

FAA diagram

Livermore Municipal Airport covers 644 acres (261 ha) at an elevation of 400 feet (122 m). It has two asphalt runways:[1]

  • 7L/25R is 5,253 by 100 feet (1,601 × 30m). Is approved for instrument approaches.
  • 7R/25L is 2,699 by 75 feet (823 × 23m). It was built in 1985 and is used mainly for training.[3]

The airport has one asphalt helipad: H1 is 24 by 22 feet (7.3 m × 6.7 m).

In the year ending May 1, 2018 the airport had 148,153 aircraft operations, average 424 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi, <1% airline and <1% military. In September 2018, 461 aircraft were based at this airport: 417 single-engine, 33 multi-engine, 6 jet, and 5 helicopter.[1]

Besides the 8,400-square-foot (780 m2) terminal building,[4] built in 2015, there are nearly 400 aircraft storage hangar units, a corporate-style hangar building containing 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) of space and an aircraft storage shelter.

KaiserAir plans to expand to Livermore Municipal Airport, while an official application has yet to be submitted, a letter of intent has been. KaiserAir plans to have a four part plan consisting of;

Phase One— Concrete apron ( 293,200 square feet), terminal building 5,000 square feet), fuel storage, self- service avgas fuel station, vehicle parking lot and airfield infrastructure improvements.

Phase Two— Hangar complex ( 64,000 square feet), 18 rectangular 60' x60' hangars.

Phase Three — Two- story office building and hangar complex ( 38,000 square feet) and the addition of Boeing 737 operations

Phase Four — Ground service equipment maintenance building ( 4,000 square feet) and two t-hangar complexes ( 60,000 square feet).[5]

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On February 25, 2021, a private, Mooney M20 aircraft piloted by a man identified as Josh Redsun crashed onto a car in a nearby freeway's overpass. No one was injured but both the airplane and the car it struck suffered substantial damage.[6]

See also[]

  • List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for LVK PDF, effective September 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. p. 16. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ^ "History of the Livermore Airport". Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  4. ^ "Airport Administration Building Okd in Livermore".
  5. ^ "Meeting Minutes | Livermore Airport Citizen's Group". Livermore Airport Noise. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  6. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/plane-strikes-car-while-making-emergency-landing-on-california-overpass/ar-BB1e17cO

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