Point Hope Airport (IATA: PHO, ICAO: PAPO, FAA LID: PHO) is a state-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district of Point Hope, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Point Hope is located in the Lisburne Peninsula, on the Chukchi Sea coast.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Point Hope, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 68°20′56″N 166°47′58″W | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Point Hope Airport covers an area of 22 acres (8.9 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 1/19 which measures 4,000 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m).[1]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,580 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 4,900 enplanements (4,359 scheduled and 541 unscheduled) in 2006.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it is classified as commercial service - non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.[3]
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Airlines | Destinations |
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Bering Air | Cape Lisburne, Kivalina, Kotzebue[4] |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
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