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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]

Livermore Municipal Airport
ATC tower
IATA: LVK ICAO: KLVK FAA LID: LVK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	City of Livermore
Location	Livermore, California
Elevation AMSL	400 ft / 122 m
Coordinates	37°41′36.2″N 121°49′13.3″W
Website	www.cityoflivermore.net/airport
Map
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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 aircraft 425 Aircraft operations 148,153
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

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

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

• On February 25, 2021, a private Mooney M20 aircraft piloted by Josh Redsun 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

• List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area

References

External links

• Airport page on the City of Livermore website
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective September 8, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for LVK, effective September 8, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KLVK
  • ASN accident history for LVK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KLVK
  • FAA current LVK delay information

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