Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport

Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport (IATA: [2]ATK, ICAO: PATQ[3], FAA LID: ATK) is an uncontrolled public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of Atqasuk,[1] a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough.[1]

Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNorth Slope Borough
ServesAtqasuk, Alaska
Elevation AMSL101 ft / 31 m
Coordinates70°28′02″N 157°26′08″W
Map
ATK
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 4,370 1,332 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations530
Based aircraft0
Passengers4,129
Freight893,000 lbs

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,105 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 2,107 enplanements in 2009, and 2,499 in 2010.[5] 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).[6]

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).[1] 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.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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

Statistics
Carrier shares: January – December 2012[7]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
Hageland Aviation Services
4,150(100%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[7]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Utqiagvik, Alaska Wiley Post/Will Rogers Memorial Airport 1,910


References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for ATK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. "IATA Airport Code Search (ATK: Atqasuk)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  3. "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  4. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  6. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  7. "Atqasuk, AK: Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial (ATK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. December 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2017.


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