Pilot Point Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Pilot Point, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 57 ft / 17 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 57°34′49″N 157°34′19″W / 57.58028°N 157.57194°W | ||||||||||
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Statistics (2005) | |||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Pilot Point Airport ( IATA: PIP, ICAO: PAPN, FAA LID: PNP) is a state-owned, public-use airport located in Pilot Point, [1] a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Grant Aviation. [3]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 738 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 9% from the 678 enplanements in 2007. [2] Pilot Point Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility. [4]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PNP by the FAA and PIP by the IATA [5] (which assigned PNP to Girua Airport in Popondetta, Papua New Guinea [6]).
Pilot Point Airport has one runway designated 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 3,280 by 75 feet (1,000 x 23 m). [1] The airport was previously located at 57°33.79′N 157°33.51′W / 57.56317°N 157.55850°W where it had an 3,100-by-50-foot (945 m × 15 m) runway also designated 7/25. [7]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 5,300 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 66% general aviation and 34% air taxi. [1]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Grant Aviation | Egegik, King Salmon, Ugashik Bay [8] |
On 1 July 1981, Douglas R4D N111ST of United Aircraft Services crashed shortly after take-off while on a flight to Anchorage International Airport, following the failure of the port engine. All three people on board were killed. [9] The aircraft was on a cargo flight laden with fish. [10]