Saipan International Airport

Saipan International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Saipan International Airport
nativename = Francisco C. Ada Airport
image-width =
caption =
IATA = SPN
ICAO = PGSN
FAA = GSN
type = Public
owner = [http://cpa.gov.mp/ Commonwealth Ports Authority]
operator =
city-served =
location = Saipan
elevation-f = 215
elevation-m = 66
coordinates = coord|15|07|08|N|145|43|46|E|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://cpa.gov.mp/spnapt.asp cpa.gov.mp/spnapt.asp]
r1-number = 7/25
r1-length-f = 8,700
r1-length-m = 2,652
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 39,542
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 22
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=GSN|use=PU|own=PU|site=51523.2*A, retrieved 2007-03-15]

Saipan International Airport Airport codes|SPN|PGSN|GSN, also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The airport is owned by Commonwealth Ports Authority.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Saipan International Airport is assigned GSN by the FAA and SPN by the IATA (which assigned GSN to Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia). [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/SPN Great Circle Mapper: SPN - Obyan, Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands] ] [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/GSN Great Circle Mapper: GSN - Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Saipan International Airport covers an area of 734 acres (297 ha) which contains one paved runway (7/25) measuring 8,700 x 200 ft (2,652 x 61 m).

For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 39,542 aircraft operations, an average of 108 per day: 61% air taxi, 19% general aviation, 18% scheduled commercial and 1% military.

Airlines and destinations

* Air China (Beijing) [charter]
* Asiana Airlines (Busan, Osaka-Kansai [begins December 19] , Seoul-Incheon)
* China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong) [charter]
* China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou) [Seasonal]
* Continental Airlines
** Continental Connection operated by Cape Air (Guam, Rota)
* EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan) [charter]
* Freedom Air (Guam, Rota, Tinian)
* Northwest Airlines (Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
* Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong) [Seasonal]

References

External links

* [http://www.cpa.gov.mp/spnapt.asp Commonwealth Ports Authority: Saipan International Airport]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?placesearch=Obyan%20-%20Saipan%20International%20%28SPN%20%2F%20GSN%20%2F%20PGSN%29&distinct_entry=true Aviation Photos: Obyan - Saipan International (SPN / GSN / PGSN)] from Airliners.net
*FAA-diagram|06293|Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport (GSN) (PGSN)
*Wikimapia|15.1190|145.7294|14

*Resources for this airport:
**AirNav|PGSN
**FlightAware_Airport|PGSN
**NWS-obs|PGSN
**ASN|SPN


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