Deadhorse Airport is a public airport located in Deadhorse on the North Slope of Alaska. It can be accessed from Fairbanks via the Elliott and Dalton highways. It is near Prudhoe Bay and is sometimes also called Prudhoe Airport.
Facilities and aircraft Deadhorse Airport covers and has one 6,500 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m) paved runway (5/23).
Deadhorse Airport, on average has 10 aircraft on the field, three single-engine aircraft, two multiengine aircraft and 5 helicopters.
For the 12-month period ending August 22, 2008, the airport had 19,710 aircraft operations, averaging 54 per day: 54% general aviation, 28% air taxi, 18% scheduled commercial and 1% military.
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The airport first opened in April 1970, and does not have a control tower. The elevation of the airport is 67.4 ft (20.5m).
Historical air service Wien Air Alaska began serving the airport during the early 1970s with Boeing 737-200 jet service operated nonstop to both Anchorage and Fairbanks. By 1984, Wien was operating direct, no change of plane 737 service to the lower 48 states in the U.S. on a daily basis with a routing of Prudhoe Bay - Fairbanks - Anchorage - Seattle - Oakland - Phoenix. Western Airlines briefly served Prudhoe Bay during early 1982 with nonstop jet service to Anchorage and was the only major U.S. air carrier at the time to directly serve the airport. Alaska Airlines began serving Prudhoe Bay in December 1981 with Boeing 737-200 service to Anchorage and Fairbanks. In 1982, Alaska Airlines was operating a multi-stop 737 service on a routing of Prudhoe Bay - Anchorage - Cordova - Yakutat - Juneau - Sitka - Seattle. Also in 1982, Alaska Airlines and Continental Airlines were cooperating with daily no change of plane interchange jet service from the lower 48 states flying a routing of Tulsa - Wichita - Denver - Portland - Anchorage - Fairbanks - Prudhoe Bay. By 1985, MarkAir was operating nonstop Boeing 737-200 service to Anchorage, Fairbanks and Barrow.
Statistics + Top airlines at MRI (September 2021 - August 2022) Rank Airline Passengers Percent of market share 1 Alaska Airlines 39,840 74.35% 2 Horizon Air (Alaska Airlines) 9,340 17.43% 3 Wright Air Service 4,320 8.06% 4 70 North 80 0.16%
+ Top domestic destinations: September 2021 – August 2022 Rank City Airport Passengers Carriers 1 Anchorage Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 24,520 Alaska 2 Nuiqsut Nuiqsut Airport 710 Wright 3 Utqiaġvik Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport 580 Wright 4 Fairbanks Fairbanks International Airport 540 Wright 5 Kaktovik / Barter Island Barter Island LRRS Airport 470 Wright
See also List of airports in Alaska
References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)