Point Hope Airport is a state-owned public-use
airport
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located two miles (3 km) southwest of the
central business district
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of
Point Hope
Point Hope (, ) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 674, down from 757 in 2000. In the 2020 Census, the population rose to 830.
Like many isolated communities in Alaska, the city has ...
, a city in the
North Slope Borough
The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and, thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,031. The borough seat and largest cit ...
of the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...
. Point Hope is located in the
Lisburne Peninsula, on the
Chukchi Sea
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coast.
Facilities
Point Hope Airport covers an area of and contains one
asphalt
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paved
runway
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designated 1/19 which measures 4,000 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m).
As per
Federal Aviation Administration
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records, the airport had 4,580 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in
calendar year
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2005 and 4,900 enplanements (4,359 scheduled and 541 unscheduled) in 2006. 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.
FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
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Airlines and destinations
In July 2022, a realignment plan wa
submitted
as the north shore of the Lisburne Peninsula – the land where Point Hope Airport is located, has recorded an erosion rate of 8-10 feet annually. The northern end of the Runway Safety Area ( RSA) has already been removed and only 20 feet of RSA is available beyond the runway threshold. Construction is expected to start July 2023 and completion of the project set for July 202
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
See also
* List of airports in Alaska
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References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram
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{{Airports in Alaska
Airports in North Slope Borough, Alaska
Chukchi Sea