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Anaktuvuk Pass Airport

Coordinates: 68°08′01″N 151°44′36″W / 68.13361°N 151.74333°W / 68.13361; -151.74333
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Anaktuvuk Pass Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNorth Slope Borough
ServesAnaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
Elevation AMSL2,102 ft / 641 m
Coordinates68°08′01″N 151°44′36″W / 68.13361°N 151.74333°W / 68.13361; -151.74333
Map
AKP is located in Alaska
AKP
AKP
Location of airport in Alaska
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 4,800 1,463 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations3,600 (2014)
Based aircraft0
Passengers6,294
Freight954,000 lbs

Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (IATA: AKP[2], ICAO: PAKP, FAA LID: AKP) is a public use airport located in Anaktuvuk Pass,[1] a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough.[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,832 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 3,856 enplanements in 2009, and 4,031 in 2010.[4] 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).[5]

Facilities and aircraft

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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).[1] 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.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Everts Air Fairbanks[6]
Wright Air Service Fairbanks[7]

Statistics

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Carrier shares: January – December 2015[8]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
Wright
4,790(76.06%)
Warbelow's
1,320(20.92)
Hageland
190(3.02%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[8]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) 3,020
2 Barrow, AK Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW) 40
3 Kaktovik, AK Barter Island LRRS Airport (BTI) 10
4 Coldfoot, AK Coldfoot Airport (CXF) 10
5 Bettles, AK Bettles Airport (BTT) 10

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKP PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (AKP: Anaktuvuk Pass)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  6. ^ "Passenger Schedules". Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Schedule". Wright Air Service. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Anaktuvuk Pass, AK: Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (AKP)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. December 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
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