Red Dog Airport is a private-use airport located at Red Dog Mine, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is privately owned by the NANA (Northwest Arctic Native Association) Regional Corporation. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 2/20 which measures 6,312 x 100 ft. (1,924 x 30 m). Red Dog Mine has chartered Alaska Airlines to carry mine workers to and from Anchorage from the airport.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 7,968 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 8,475 enplanements (105 scheduled + 8,370 unscheduled) in 2006.FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005 and 2006
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Red Dog Airport is assigned DGG by the FAA and RDB by the IATA.Great Circle Mapper: RDB - Red Dog, Alaska The airport's ICAO identifier was changed from PARD to PADG.TAWS Airport Database comparison. Universal Avionics Systems Corporation. (2007-06-20)FAA Location Identifiers (Order 7350.7Z): Alaskan ICAO Identifiers (Section 6G), published March 15, 2007
See also List of airports in Alaska
References
External links Aviation Photos: Red Dog Airport (RDB) at Airliners.net Resources for this airport:
Accident history for RDB at Aviation Safety Network