Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport

Coordinates: 70°19′51″N 149°35′51″W / 70.33083°N 149.5975°W / 70.33083; -149.5975

Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport
IATA: UUK – ICAO: PAKU – FAA LID: UBW
Summary
Airport type		Private
Owner		ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Location		Kuparuk, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		67 ft / 20 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
5/23	6,000	1,829	Gravel
Statistics (2001)
Aircraft operations			1,850
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport (IATA: UUK, ICAO: PAKU, FAA LID: UBW) is a private-use airport located in Kuparuk, Alaska, United States. It is privately owned by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.^[1] which operates the Kuparuk oil field.

Facilities and aircraft

Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with a gravel surface measuring 6,000 x 130 ft. (1,829 x 40 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2001, the airport had 1,850 aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% air taxi.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport is assigned UBW by the FAA and UUK by the IATA.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for UBW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: UUK / PAKU - Kuparuk, Alaska

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)^{[dead link]}

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PAKU
  • ASN accident history for UUK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAKU
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAKU
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for UBW