Lampson Field, Lakeport

Lampson Field(1O2), near Lakeport is tantalizingly close to Clearwater Lake. The lake is a couple of miles away, so is the town of Lakeport. In the summer it may be too hot for a walk that far. I hope to be able to report on the town and the lake in the future. However so far I have only been to the airfield. There is a great little restaurant on the field, the Skyroom Restaurant. Excellent prime rib of beef, with some of the hottest horseradish I have ever tasted.

The strip is some 2 miles from the south shore of the lake, the runway is 10/28, left pattern for 10 and right for 28, so the pattern is always flown on the lake side of the strip. In the picture below we are looking at the approach end of runway 28. Transient parking and the restaurant are on the left of the numbers, the gas pump is on the right.

The view of the airport can easily be lost if you start your 45 leg too far out - in the picture below the arrow points to the approach end of runway 10.

The runway is in very good condition, and is some 3600 feet long. It makes a good destination for long cross country flights for students. Here's a view on final for runway 10.