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Livermore Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 37°41′36.2″N 121°49′13.3″W / 37.693389°N 121.820361°W / 37.693389; -121.820361
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Livermore Municipal Airport
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; -121.820361
Websitewww.cityoflivermore.net/airport
Map
LVK is located in California
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LVK is located in the United States
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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 reliever facility.[2]

The airport has no scheduled airline service; the closest commercial airports are Oakland International Airport and San Jose International Airport. In the 1976-1977 OAG the regional airline California Air Commuter had scheduled service listed at Livermore, using Piper Navajos.

Facilities

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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.

Expansion plans

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In 2021 KaiserAir filed a letter of intent to expand to Livermore Municipal Airport:

  • 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]

In 2022, local government officials said that it appeared that KaiserAir was "not moving forward" with their originally proposed project.[6]

Accidents and incidents

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  • On February 25, 2021, a private Mooney M20 aircraft crashed onto a car on a nearby freeway overpass. No one was injured, but both the airplane and the car suffered substantial damage.[7]

See also

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References

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-27. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ^ "History of the Livermore Airport". Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  4. ^ "Airport Administration Building OK'd in Livermore". 14 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Meeting Minutes | Livermore Airport Citizen's Group". Livermore Airport Noise. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  6. ^ Cierra Bailey (25 March 2022). "KaiserAir unlikely to proceed with proposed move to Livermore Airport". Pleasanton Weekly. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  7. ^ Jessica Schladebeck (February 25, 2021). "Plane strikes car while making emergency landing on California overpass". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
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