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Anaktuvuk Pass Airport

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

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

Facilities and aircraft

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). 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.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Everts Air Fairbanks
Wright Air Service Fairbanks

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015
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
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