Port Lions Airport Explained

Port Lions Airport
Iata:ORI
Faa:ORI
Type:Public
Owner:Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
City-Served:Port Lions, Alaska
Elevation-F:52
Coordinates:57.8853°N -152.8461°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:ORI
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:7/25
R1-Length-F:2,200
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2006
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:5,300
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Port Lions Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located 2nmi northeast of the central business district of Port Lions, a city located on Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Federal Aviation Administration records report that the airport had 2,386 passenger boardings (enplanements) in the calendar year 2008,[2] 2,666 enplanements in 2009, and 2,257 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Port Lions Airport covers an area of 32acres at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 2200feetby75feetft (byft). For the 12-months ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 5,300 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 91% air taxi and 9% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines with scheduled passenger service to non-stop destinations:

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: Jan.  - Dec. 2012[5] ! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers
1Kodiak, AKKodiak Airport (ADQ)1,610
2Ouzinkie, AKOuzinkie Airport (KOZ)50

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
  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 . 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 .
  5. Web site: Port Lions, AK: Port Lions Airport (ORI) . . December 2012 . July 27, 2013 .