Polacca Airport | |
Iata: | PXL |
Faa: | P10 |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | The Hopi Tribe |
City-Served: | Polacca, Arizona |
Elevation-F: | 5,573 |
Coordinates: | 35.7917°N -110.4233°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label: | P10 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 4/22 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,200 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2010 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 200 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Polacca Airport is a public use airport in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The airport is owned by the Hopi Tribe. It is located 3.5miles southwest of the central business district of Polacca, an unincorporated community on the Hopi Reservation.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Polacca Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 5573feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,200 by 50 feet (1,280 x 15 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 17, 2010, the airport had 200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month. Anyone can utilize the airport for business or personal purposes. Today, most customers are from the U.S. Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service.
Charles Loloma, a famous Hopi artist, often parked his private plane at the airport.