Point Hope Airport

Airport in Alaska

PHO

Location of Point Hope Airport

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	4,000	1,219	Asphalt

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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.

Facilities

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]

Airlines and destinations

In July 2022, a realignment plan was 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 2024.[1]

Airlines	Destinations
Bering Air	Cape Lisburne, Kivalina, Kotzebue^[4]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

References

^ ^a ^b FAA Airport Form 5010 for PHO PDF, effective 2008-04-10
^ FAA Passenger Boarding Data: 2005 and 2006
^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
^ Bering Air: Kotzebue Flight Schedule Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
FAA Terminal Procedures for PHO, effective May 16, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PHO
- AirNav airport information for PAPO
- ASN accident history for PHO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAPO
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PHO