Anaktuvuk Pass Airport Explained

Anaktuvuk Pass Airport
Iata:AKP
Icao:PAKP
Faa:AKP
Type:Public
Owner:North Slope Borough
City-Served:Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
Elevation-F:2,102
Coordinates:68.1336°N -151.7433°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:AKP
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:2/20
R1-Length-F:4,800
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:3,600 (2014)
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:6,294
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:954,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Anaktuvuk Pass Airport is a public use airport located in Anaktuvuk Pass, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,832 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 3,856 enplanements in 2009, and 4,031 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Anaktuvuk Pass Airport resides at elevation of 2,102 feet (641 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a gravel surface measuring 4,800 by 100 feet (1,463 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 3,600 aircraft operations, an average of 300 per month: 89% air taxi and 11% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: January  - December 2015[5] ! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers
1Fairbanks, AlaskaFairbanks International Airport (FAI)align=right 3,020
2Barrow, AKWiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW)align=right 40
3Kaktovik, AKBarter Island LRRS Airport (BTI)align=right 10
4Coldfoot, AKColdfoot Airport (CXF)align=right 10
5Bettles, AKBettles Airport (BTT)align=right 10

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2008 . PDF, 1.0 MB . CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . December 18, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2010 . PDF, 189 KB . CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2011 .
  4. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .
  5. Web site: Anaktuvuk Pass, AK: Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (AKP) . . December 2015 . January 11, 2017 .