| Pilot Point Airport | |
| Iata: | PIP |
| Icao: | PAPN |
| Faa: | PNP |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
| City-Served: | Pilot Point, Alaska |
| Elevation-F: | 57 |
| Elevation-M: | 17 |
| Coordinates: | 57.5803°N -157.5719°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alaska |
| Pushpin Label: | PIP |
| R1-Number: | 7/25 |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,280 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Gravel |
| Stat-Year: | 2005 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 5,300 |
| Stat2-Header: | Enplanements (2008) |
| Stat2-Data: | 738 |
Pilot Point Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located in Pilot Point, a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Grant Aviation.[1]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 738 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 9% from the 678 enplanements in 2007. Pilot Point Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PNP by the FAA and PIP by the IATA[3] (which assigned PNP to Girua Airport in Popondetta, Papua New Guinea[4]).
Pilot Point Airport has one runway designated 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 3,280 by 75 feet (1,000 x 23 m). The airport was previously located at 57.5632°N -190.51°W where it had an 3100feetx50feetft (xft) runway also designated 7/25.[5]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 5,300 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 66% general aviation and 34% air taxi.
On 1 July 1981, Douglas R4D N111ST of United Aircraft Services crashed shortly after take-off while on a flight to Anchorage International Airport, following the failure of the port engine. All three people on board were killed.[6] The aircraft was on a cargo flight laden with fish.[7]
