Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport is an uncontrolled public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of Atqasuk, a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,105 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 2,107 enplanements in 2009, and 2,499 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
Facilities and aircraft Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport resides at elevation of 101 feet (31 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with a gravel surface measuring 4,370 by 90 feet (1,332 x 27 m). For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 530 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per month: 94% air taxi and 6% general aviation.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
+ Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015 Rank City Airport Passengers 1 Utqiagvik, Alaska Wiley Post/Will Rogers Memorial Airport 1,910
See also List of airports in Alaska
References
External links Alaska FAA Airport Diagram (GIF) Topographic map from USGS The National Map