Lake Hood is the largest and busiest seaplane base in the world; the only public seaplane facility in Anchorage; and the only full service commercial seaplane facility in the southcentral region of Alaska. Lake Hood connects Anchorage residents and tourists to remote lodges, remote fishing and hunting locations and sightseeing venues, and also provides basic transportation to villages, resource development ventures, and other business activity in remote rural locations. Operations are particularly heavy in the summer and fall. Floatplanes use Lake Hood in the icefree months, ski equipped aircraft use Lake Hood in the winter and wheeled aircraft use Runway 1432 (Hood Strip) yearround. With over 10,000 annual enplanements and regularly scheduled flights, Lake Hood is classified by the FAA as a Nonhub Primary Airport.