- Point Hope Airport
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Point Hope Airport 
IATA: PHO – ICAO: PAPO – FAA LID: PHO Summary Airport type Public Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region Serves Point Hope, Alaska Elevation AMSL 12 ft / 4 m Coordinates 68°20′56″N 166°47′58″W / 68.34889°N 166.79944°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 4,000 1,219 Asphalt Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Point Hope Airport (IATA: PHO, ICAO: PAPO, FAA LID: PHO) is a state-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district of Point Hope, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Point Hope is located in the Lisburne Peninsula, on the Chukchi Sea coast. The airport covers an area of 22 acres (8.9 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 1/19 which measures 4,000 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m).[1]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,580 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 4,900 enplanements (4,359 scheduled and 541 unscheduled) in 2006.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it is classified as commercial service - non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.[3]
Airlines and non-stop destinations
- Bering Air (Cape Lisburne, Kotzebue)[4]
- Frontier Flying Service (Kivalina, Kotzebue, Point Lay)
References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for PHO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
- ^ FAA Passenger Boarding Data: 2005 and 2006
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
- ^ Bering Air: Kotzebue Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-22.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PHO, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PAPO
- ASN accident history for PHO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAPO
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAPO
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PHO
Categories:- Chukchi Sea
- Airports in North Slope Borough, Alaska
- Alaska airport stubs
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