- Nelson Lagoon Airport
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Nelson Lagoon Airport IATA: NLG – ICAO: PAOU – FAA LID: OUL Summary Airport type Public Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region Serves Nelson Lagoon, Alaska Elevation AMSL 14 ft / 4 m Coordinates 56°00′27″N 161°09′37″W / 56.0075°N 161.16028°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 4,000 1,219 Gravel Statistics (2005) Aircraft operations 302 Enplanements (2008) 290 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2] Nelson Lagoon Airport (IATA: NLG, ICAO: PAOU, FAA LID: OUL, formerly Z73) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district of Nelson Lagoon,[1] in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to Cold Bay Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).[3]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 290 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 4% from the 302 enplanements in 2007.[2] Nelson Lagoon Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[4]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OUL by the FAA and NLG by the IATA[5] (which assigned OUL to Oulu Airport in Oulu, Finland[6]).
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Airlines and destinations
Facilities and aircraft
Nelson Lagoon Airport has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 302 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month: 68% air taxi and 32% general aviation.[1]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for OUL (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 27 Aug 2009.
- ^ a b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Preliminary). Federal Aviation Administration. Published 15 July 2009.
- ^ a b 2009 Timetables. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: NLG / PAOU - Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network: OUL / EFOU - Oulu Airport, Finland. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
External links
- Airport diagram for Nelson Lagoon (Z73) (GIF). FAA, Alaska Region. 10 June 2004.
- FAA Terminal Procedures for OUL, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PAOU
- ASN accident history for NLG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAOU
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAOU
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OUL
Categories:- Airports in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
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